Butter Pecan Cookies
🍪 Butter Pecan Cookies — Sweet Comfort for Sons and Daughters Day 💛🌿
Celebrate the ones you love with a batch of buttery, nutty cookies that are easy to make, fun to share, and full of TCM-inspired comfort. These Butter Pecan Cookies are perfect for Meatless Monday and a sweet way to honor Sons and Daughters Day—whether you're baking together or gifting a warm plate of love.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), pecans and butter nourish Kidney and Spleen Qi, helping to ground the body, support digestion, and offer a sense of emotional warmth and stability—especially meaningful for caregivers and family connections.
Butter Pecan Cookies
INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter, softened — Nourishes Yin, supports fluid balance
⅔ cup packed brown sugar — Tonifies Spleen Qi, adds warmth
1 large egg yolk — Supports Blood and Qi, gentle tonifier
1 tsp vanilla extract — Calms the spirit, harmonizes flavor
2 cups self-rising flour — Strengthens digestion, grounding
1½ cups chopped pecans — Nourishes Kidney and Liver Yin, supports joints and vitality
Whole pecan halves for topping
INSTRUCTIONS
Toast Pecans — Bake chopped pecans with 1 tbsp butter at 325°F for 5–7 minutes until golden
Make Dough — Cream butter and sugar, add yolk and vanilla, then mix in flour and toasted pecans
Chill — Refrigerate dough for 1 hour
Shape & Bake — Roll into 1-inch balls, press pecan halves on top, and bake at 375°F for 10–12 minutes
Cool & Share — Let cool and serve with love
photo and recipe inspiration to Taste of Home
