9 Creative Pecan Cookie Recipes

Chocolate chip, oatmeal, and sugar cookies are the classics, but there are so many other delicious cookie combinations that you're missing out on by sticking to the basics. We're made these days for pecan cookies — yes, pecan cookies. Imagine all the tasty ingredients of your favorite pecan pie recipe, then imagine them in a bite-size cookie. 

You don't have to always make cookies from scratch. For these butter pecan toffee cookies, just butter pecan cake mix. The cookies come out just as delicious, and you save time and effort

For the Butter Pecan Toffee Cookies recipe, click here. 

Be surprised by a delightful ginger taste within this classic oatmeal raisin cookie. — Tate and Lyle

For the Ginger Oatmeal Pecan Cookies recipe, click here.

While the classics like oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies are delicious, try something a little different. Make these tasty cookies with pecans and granola. It is a super simple recipe — you can't go wrong.

For the Maple Pecan Granola Cookies recipe, click here. 

These pecan cookies are made with a topping that is rich, decadent, and chock-full of pecans. They are always well-received! — Kerry Dunnington

For the Pecan Crusted Cookies recipe, click here. 

The cookies are so soft and chewy and the combination of old-fashioned oats and pecans with pumpkin spice is splendid. — Dishes and Dust Bunnies

For the Pecan Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal Cookies recipe, click here. 

These pecan sandies have just a few ingredients and the process is basic and simple. If you don't bake too often, this is a perfect recipe for you. The instructions are straightforward and you will be able to produce a delicious cookie.

For the Pecan Sandies from Platter Talk recipe, click here. 

Pecan pie takes cookie form in this super simple recipe; your house will smell like the holiday season in no time thanks to seasonal spices like cinnamon and nutmeg. —  Diamond of California

For the Spiced Butter Pecan Cookies recipe, click here.

This is the crispy but chewy cookie that is irresistible — chunks of pecans and chewy pieces of bacon make a salty-sweet cookie that we're sure you'll fall in love with.

For the Whiskey-Bacon Cookies with Pecans and Maple Sugar, click here. 

Pecan pie is all the rage, but you can take those same flavors and turn your pecan pie into pecan cookies. The best part, you don't have to wait all the way till Thanksgiving to enjoy them.

For the Yes, Pecan! Cookies recipe, click here.