This post is part of #ChristmasCookies week 2019 event. I received product from Adams Extract and Millican Pecan to use in my recipes. I received no further compensation.

pecan jumbles

Pecan Jumbles are a soft sugar cookie topped with cinnamon and sugar and a pecan half! Soft cookie with a bit of nut crunch. Perfect #ChristmasCookies for any holiday table.

I admit I’m not one for baking a ton of cookies. Christmas cookies are on a different level.
For me it’s more than just having fancy or familiar cookies around for family, guests, cookie exchanges. There is just something about baking cookies at Christmas that opens the memories flood gates.

Baking with Mom was always an all weekend thing. Even when I moved out, I would be taking a care package of Christmas cookies home every weekend, well into the end January. She baked with my daughter too.
I in turn, baked with my granddaughter and grandson. Memories for sure.
These Pecan Jumbles are easy to make. A Christmas cookie you can bake alone or use a little help from a friend or family member to roll into balls or sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.

Pecan Jumbles

Print Recipe

Servings 12

Ingredients

2 tbsp shortening
2 tbsp butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla I use Adams Extracts
1 egg
3/4 cup flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup pecan halves I use Millican Pecans
2 tbsp cinnamon sugar

Instructions

Cream together butter, shortening and sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Add flour, salt and baking soda.
Portion dough into 12 pieces. Roll into balls. Place a pecan half on top of each cookie. Gently press flat. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Bake at 375 for about 8 to 10 minutes until lightly browned but still soft.

Thank you to Ellen of Family Around the Table and Christie from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures for hosting #ChristmasCookies Week! And a huge thank you to our sponsors Adams Extract and Millican Pecan Company for supporting the bloggers and events like Christmas Cookies Week.

Check out today’s cookie recipes:

Bourbon Pecan Pie Cookies by A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
Buttery Pecan Rounds by Family Around the Table
Chocolate Hazelnut Winter Wonderland Cookies by Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice
Easy Christmas Sprinkle Cookies by Cookaholic Wife
Eggnog Cookies by Sweet Beginnings
Gingerbread Sugar Cookies by Daily Dish Recipes
Mini Cinnamon Roll Cookies by Hardly A Goddess
Orange Slice & Coconut Cookies by Creative Southern Home
Pecan Jumbles by Cindy’s Recipes and Writings

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Originally founded as the West Texas Pecan Nursery in the late 1800’s, Millican Pecan is now in 5th generation ownership. Located in San Saba, TX, the family continues the tradition of pecan farming while also branching the business into the online world. The family also enjoys educating people about pecans. One winner will receive The Tower of Treats Gift Tins. The tower includes 3 decorative gift tins stacked on top of each other. The bottom tin includes our 2 lb. Chocolate Pecan Sampler, the middle tin is our Flavored Pecan Sampler and the top tin is a 8 oz. tin of Milk Chocolate Caramillicans (similar to Turtles). An $80 value.

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Adams traces its beginnings back to Battle Creek, Michigan, when John A. Adams began making and selling his Green Plant Sarsaparilla extract, Adamur, in 1888. In 1905, he moved his family to Beeville, TX. At the time, most vanilla sold to pharmacies and was often labeled “Do not bake or freeze.” John A. Adams’ wife yearned for a flavoring that wouldn’t bake or freeze out. He announced that he could produce a better vanilla than the one his wife was currently using. Working with just $6.71 worth of materials on top of an old icebox, John A. Adams discovered the formula he wanted. To test this product, his wife whipped up a cake for the family to try. “John, this is the BEST flavoring I have ever used,” she announced. “Well, that’s old man Adams BEST,” he responded.

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