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Cinnamon Pecan Cookie Cups

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.

Cinnamon Pecan Cookie Cups  with Cinnamon Chip Glaze

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.

Cinnamon Pecan Cookie Cups

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!

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Cinnamon Pecan Cookie Cups
 
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Chewy cinnamon cookies baked into mini muffin cups, loaded with cinnamon chips, pecans, and topped with sweet cinnamon glaze.
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Serves: 24 little cookie cups
Ingredients
  • 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
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350. Set out a mini muffin pan and spray it lightly with cooking spray.
  2. In a large bowl beat together the butter and sugars until fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla extract. Beat until just combined.
  3. Add the flour, cornstarch, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Mix until the dough comes together.
  4. Stir in ½ cup of the chopped pecans and all but ⅓ cup of the cinnamon chips.
  5. Press the cookie dough into the muffin pan, filling each cup to the top or just barely below.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Top with the remaining chopped pecans.

Adapted from my Double Chocolate Almond Sprinkled Cookies; Glaze Recipe from Hershey’s

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Jen Nikolaus

Thursday 21st of November 2013

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!

Heather

Sunday 24th of November 2013

Aw thanks so much Jen! Two-year-old's know what's up.

Winnie

Monday 18th of November 2013

I looooooooooove cinnamon and these are just GREAT Love the idea of making these cinnamon cups

Heather

Tuesday 19th of November 2013

Thanks Winnie! I love cinnamon, too! And those Hershey's cinnamon chips are soooo delicious.

Kate

Friday 15th of November 2013

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! =)

Heather

Saturday 16th of November 2013

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!!

Tina @ Tina's Chic Corner

Friday 15th of November 2013

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. :)

Heather

Saturday 16th of November 2013

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.