Pecan Sugar Cookies with Brown Butter Icing

Ingredients (14)

• 1 and 1/4 cups (150g) pecan halves150 g
• 2 and 1/4 cups (281g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled), plus more as needed for rolling and work surface281 g
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 1.3 g
• 1/4 teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
• 3/4 cup (12 Tbsp; 170g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature170 g
• 3/4 cup (150g) packed light or dark brown sugar150 g
• 1 large egg, at room temperature≈ 50 g
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract≈ 8 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

• 6 Tablespoons (85g) unsalted butter85 g
• 1 and 1/2 cups (180g) confectioners’ sugar, sifted180 g
• 3 Tablespoons (45ml) milk≈ 46 g
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g
• optional: pinch of saltn/a

flour 281 gbatter 815 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 513 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

• Fat61% · 51st percentile · median 61%
• Sugar53% · 33rd percentile · median 64%
• Egg18% · 50th percentile · median 18%
• Leavening0.8% · 34th percentile · median 1.3%
• Salt0.5% · 39th percentile · median 0.7%

Oven

Temperature

300°F / 150°C

median 350°F

Time

8 to 10 minutes

median 11 minutes