So..I made these in a hurry and didn’t have time to properly photograph them. I thought they were worth sharing anyway 🙂
Christmas cookies are so fun to make and this is one of my favorite recipes!
They are easy to make and taste like a bite-size brownie with fudgy icing, salted caramel, and toasted pecans..The icing is amazing although it needs a little time to set up. I would recommend 3-4 hours or overnight. My Peppermint Hot Chocolate would go great with these! This will be my last Christmas recipe. Next will be healthy recipes for January.
I really hope that everyone will have very happy holidays and take time to make cookies. You will not regret it!!
Ingredients
- 1 box double chocolate fudge cake mix
- 1 tbsp water
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups whole pecan halves
Instructions
- Combine cake mix and next three ingredients. Mix well.
- Line a baking sheet pan with parchment paper. Arrange pecans in clusters of three.
- Shape dough into approximately one inch balls. I used a small cookie scoop which made this really fast. Center each ball on one pecan cluster.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Let cool and spread with chocolate frosting.
- Chocolate Frosting:1 Tablespoon oil2 Tablespoons baking cocoa1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract1 cup powdered sugar2 Tablespoons milk
- In small bowl combine all ingredients adding milk alternately until it reaches a good spreading consistency.
- Spread each cookie with frosting. Cut the corner from a ziplock bag. Pour about 4 Tablespoons Salted Caramel into bag. Snip the corner and drizzle onto each cookie. If not using caramel a small sprinkle of salt across the top of each cookie is great also!
I made these for Valentines Day and handed them out at work, I got tons of compliments on them, they were so rich and yummy!
I’m so glad that everyone liked them! Thanks so much:)