Cinnamon Pecan Cookie Cups
There are some subjects in my life that seem to just come up over and over and over again and then you all are subjected to reading about it. Sometimes I wish I were more fancy or interesting so I could write about more fancy interesting things but I'm pretty sure I don't have the wardrobe for that and also it sounds exhausting.
Anyway.
What I'm talking about again is grocery shopping.
I go to the grocery store pretty often but I really only SHOP once or twice a month. I'm organized about it. I put things in my cart so I can get them out and then put them back in easily. I am nice to my cashier. I have my store card or debit card or whatever handy so I don't make other people wait behind me.
But this thing that drives me totally bananas keeps happening to me.
While I'm paying or while I'm trying to stuff my wallet back in my purse before the cashier hands me my receipt, some losery loser is all up in my personal space right behind me in the little payment area. For awhile I thought I was just maybe being slow and annoying because it is really an all the time thing. But if the cashier is still handing me papers and bags it's still my turn right?
Plus I am always 4763 minutes behind in life and therefore always in a hurry so slow and annoying are never my speed.
I put a little blurb about it out there on my Facebook page once and got eleventy hundred responses -- people were giving me tried and true shopping cart strategies for keeping others out of your personal grocery store payment space. I'm really glad to know that I'm not being slow. Or annoying. Or crazy.
But.
I need to take this little moment to put out a grocery cash register store PSA, especially since it's the holidays and all the people of the world are cooking something:
Stay out of my area. Please.
I really mean that in the nicest possible way.
So I kept seeing these recipes for cookie cups flying around the internet and started to feel pretty left out because not only had I never made a cookie cup, but no one ever gave me any either! Basically you bake cookie dough into muffin cups. I'm not so sure that works with all the cookies but it totally works with these cookies and they are adorably tiny and cute. Jump on this bandwagon with me (so I don't feel like the last person to ever catch on to any trend) and make these cookie cups!
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ¾ cup brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1½ teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¾ cup chopped pecans, divided
- 1 (10 ounce) bag Hershey's Cinnamon Baking Chips, ⅓ cup set aside for glaze
- For the Glaze:
- the reserved ⅓ cup cinnamon chips
- 1 - 1½ teaspoons shortening
- Preheat the oven to 350. Set out a mini muffin pan and spray it lightly with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl beat together the butter and sugars until fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla extract. Beat until just combined.
- Add the flour, cornstarch, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Mix until the dough comes together.
- Stir in ½ cup of the chopped pecans and all but ⅓ cup of the cinnamon chips.
- Press the cookie dough into the muffin pan, filling each cup to the top or just barely below.
- Bake for 15 minutes. The tops of the cookie cups should be just barely golden. Remove from the oven and let cool for about 5 minutes before turning out of the pan. The cookie cups will sink a little as they cool.
- While the cookies cool place the remaining cinnamon chips and 1 teaspoon of the shortening in a small saucepan over low to medium heat. The shortening will melt. Stir the cinnamon chips until they make a smooth glaze and then spoon a little onto the top of each cookie cup.
- Top with the remaining chopped pecans.
Adapted from my Double Chocolate Almond Sprinkled Cookies; Glaze Recipe from Hershey's
Heather! These look beyond amazing!!! I'm sitting next to my two year old right now and he pointed at your cookie cups and said, "I want that food! I want that! It's yummy!" Haha! Kid's got good taste, what can I say? 😉 Thanks for sharing at Saturday Night Fever! Pinning now! XO!
Aw thanks so much Jen! Two-year-old's know what's up.
I looooooooooove cinnamon and these are just GREAT
Love the idea of making these cinnamon cups
Thanks Winnie! I love cinnamon, too! And those Hershey's cinnamon chips are soooo delicious.
LOL! That's totally my husband! I always have to remind him to back up when the other person is still paying. He doesn't mean to be, but he's totally a space invader (which may have to be my new nickname for him). Anyway, these guys look delicious! I went a little crazy with all of the flavored chips, and I wasn't sure what I was going to make with my cinnamon chips. Now I know! =)
Space Invader is a hilarious nickname. And I did the same thing with the flavored chips! I have like a huge stack of bags of baking chips lol. These are the cinnamon chip ticket though. Thanks Kate!!
Yes, I'm totally with you! Personal space please. Although my biggest issue with grocery shopping is (aside from the act of actually doing it, which I hate), people (ie strangers) constantly approach me and strike up a conversation. In the aisle, on line. Am I wearing a sign that says "talk to me and you're a winner"? My mom says it's because I'm a pices (astrological sign) and we are approachable people. Now I'm pleasant back to these strangers, but inside all I'm thinking is "I just want to get my shiz and get the heck out of here."
Ok, on to the real deal...loving these pecan cups! Pecan desserts are perfect for Thanskgiving but I'll happily eat them all year long. And I'm crazy for that glaze on top too. 🙂
Awww you are the friendliest looking person ever. That's a good thing. I don't really talk to strangers in line but when annoying/awkward things happen I do make crazy eyes -- nonverbal conversation.
Heather these little bites look divine! pinning, have a great weekend 🙂
Thank you Emily!!!
The whole time I'm reading this, I'm thinking...OMG...this sounds like me! All of it!
These cookies look SO pretty! I love the nutty centers and the gooey tops! I may make these for Thanksgiving instead of pecan pie...I love bite sized treats! I feel like I can get away with eating so much more!
Haha - I need to make a grocery store t-shirt or something. Remember in kindergarten when they had you put your arms out to show what personal space is? Would I look crazy if I walked around like that?
I hope you'll try these -- I LOOOVED them. My kids had a happy lunchbox all week! And yes, bite-size always equals more.
Ugh yeah, space invaders are NEVER cool!! I love how you used the glorious cinnamon chips as the glaze!! Yum! I would've given you cookie cups Heather, just so you know.
Awww thanks Tanya. Cookie Cups are a definite sign of real friends. I'll put some in the mail ASAP 🙂 Also-- I think that if so many of us are having space issues at the store, WHO are these people that don't know better? It's like the weird old dude that puts his towel right next to yours at the beach when there are miles of open sand. NO.
These look delish!
Thanks Becky!
I was at the store with a filled and overflowing cart & before I got 1/2 the stuff out this stupid lady starts unloading her cart, so I took he stuff & pushed it over. Poor girl did not like that so she took her stuff and threw it back further. Don't care, she should learn better for the next time!!! LOL!!
Don't feel alone I WLL make these---Rachel
Hahha.
I have never had that happen! But I always have some person that is right on top of me while I'm trying to pay. It makes me crazy!
So excited you'll try these! I could hardly wait to share the recipe when I got it right. YUM!