Recipe: Yummy Vermont Maple Pecan Cookies

Vermont Maple Pecan Cookies.

You can cook Vermont Maple Pecan Cookies using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Vermont Maple Pecan Cookies

1. You need 3 cup of old-fashioned oats.
2. You need 1 cup of shredded unsweetened coconut (or sweetened).
3. You need 2 2/3 cup of all-purpose floor.
4. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
5. Prepare 1 tsp of cinnamon.
6. You need 2 cup of packed light brown sugar.
7. You need 1 cup of (2 sticks) unsalted butter - I use salted.
8. It's 1/2 cup of maple syrup.
9. It's 2 tbsp of light corn syrup.
10. It's 2 tsp of baking soda.
11. Prepare 1/4 cup of boiling water.
12. It's 1 tsp of maple or vanilla extract.
13. You need 2 cup of chopped toasted pecans.

Vermont Maple Pecan Cookies step by step

1. Preheat oven 300°F and position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper..
2. Combine oats, coconut, flour, salt, cinnamon and brown sugar in a large bowl; whisk to blend - I use my kitchen aid mixer with dough hook..
3. Combine butter, maple syrup and corn syrup in a medium saucepan. Heat over medium heat until butter melts, stirring occasionally; remove from heat..
4. Combine baking soda and boiling water, stirring to dissolve. Add to maple syrup mixture, stirring well. (mixture will froth). Add maple extract or vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients. Add pecans; Stir well..
5. Place 1/4 cup size balls of dough on parchment covered baking sheets, 3 inches apart. Flatten slightly..
6. Bake 18 to 24 minutes, until golden brown and set, rotating positions halfway trough the baking process. Cool on the baking sheets 5 minutes; transfer to wire rack to cool completely. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
7. Recipe by Julie Hession published in relishmag.com.