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Gluten-Free Pecan Pie Cookies

Published: Oct 4, 2021

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These gluten-free pecan pie cookies are rich, delicious, and look fantastic on a holiday cookie tray. They're surprisingly easy to make, too!

Several Gluten-Free Pecan Pie cookies on a white plate. They are golden brown, with a pecan and brown sugar topping.
The wheat version of these Pecan Pie Cookies been one of - and much of the time *THE* - most popular recipes on my Celebration Generation blog, ever since I first posted it.

That version of the recipe started out as a recipe that someone else gave me to use for my cake business, and it just kind of went wild from there - I even have a recipe for Keto Pecan Pie Cookies now!

They were always super popular for holiday cookie tray orders, and whenever Iโ€™d cater a dessert table.

When it came time to wrote my first gluten-free cookbook - โ€œBeyond Flour: A Fresh Approach to Gluten-Free Cooking & Bakingโ€ - redeveloping the recipe in a gluten-free version was a no-brainer!

Let me tell you - as a gluten-free cookie, these definitely do not disappoint!

The various alternative flours bring a complexity to the base cookie that just isn't there in the all-purpose flour recipe.

Thatโ€™s one thing Iโ€™ve been loving about gluten-free baking, especially with regards to cookies:

When you balance out the flavours and properties of the various alternative flours available, you can come up with cookie dough that tastes WAY better than flour cookies.

All-purpose wheat flour doesnโ€™t have a lot of flavour, after all. Many of the gluten-free flours, on the other hand, do have very distinct flours.

Several Gluten-Free Pecan Pie cookies on a white plate. They are golden brown, with a pecan and brown sugar topping.

Ingredients

In this recipe, I use:

White rice flour
Sorghum flour
Brown rice flour
Tapioca starch
Xanthan gum

Combined with the other cookie dough ingredients, this forms a very rich dough with a nice, deep flavour.

Itโ€™s the perfect base for the โ€œpecan pieโ€ filling that itโ€™s topped with!

Several Gluten-Free Pecan Pie cookies on a white plate. They are golden brown, with a pecan and brown sugar topping.

A Note on The Photos

If youโ€™re a Celebration Generation reader, you may notice that the photos on this post look familiar.

Yep, theyโ€™re from the same shoot as the photos in the full-gluten recipe!

A while back, I was updating the posts on that blog with better photography - bigger images, nicer photos, etc.

I had a set of photos from when we shot these for inclusion in Beyond Flour, and they were a lot nicer than the wheat-version photos weโ€™d had from more than a decade earlier.

As the cookies look exactly the same, whether with the original recipe or this gluten-free version, I just used my gluten-free pecan pie cookie photos in that post!

Iโ€™m just too lazy to make and shoot a batch of full-gluten cookies for the photos, especially considering that I wouldnโ€™t be able to enjoy those cookies after making them!

Several Gluten-Free Pecan Pie cookies on a white plate. They are golden brown, with a pecan and brown sugar topping.

More Gluten-Free Cookie Recipes!

Looking for even more recipes for fantastic gluten free cookies that *everyone* will love? Look no further!

Gluten-Free Apple Pie Cookies
Gluten Free Candy Cane Cookies
Gluten-Free Carrot Cake Cookies
Gluten Free Banana Oatmeal Cookies
Gluten-Free Chewy Chocolate Cookies
Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Gluten-Free Cowboy Cookies
Gluten-Free Do-Si-Dos
Gluten Free Fig Newtons
Gluten-Free Fruitcake Cookies
Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies
Gluten-Free Ginger Molasses Cookies
Gluten Free Graham Crackers
Gluten-Free Imperial Cookies
Gluten-Free Jacques Torres Style Chocolate Chip Cookies
Gluten Free Oatmeal Butterscotch Cardamom Cookies
Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies
Gluten-Free Red Velvet Cookies
Gluten Free Sandwich Cookies
Gluten-Free Shortbread Cookies
Gluten Free Snickerdoodles
Gluten-Free Sugar Cookies (Rolled Sugar Cookies)
Gluten Free Unicorn Poop Cookies

... and thereโ€™s even more - be sure to check out our Gluten-Free Cookies and Bars recipe section!

Several Gluten-Free Pecan Pie cookies on a white plate. They are golden brown, with a pecan and brown sugar topping.

My Gluten-Free Cookbooks!

Cover images for both "Beyond Flour" and "Beyond Flour 2"

If you're interested in gluten-free cooking and baking, you should definitely check out my gluten-free cookbooks: Beyond Flour: A Fresh Approach to Gluten Free Cooking & Baking, and the sequel... Beyond Flour 2. You can order them right here on my website, through Amazon, or through any major bookseller.

Several Gluten-Free Pecan Pie cookies on a white plate. They are golden brown, with a pecan and brown sugar topping.

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Several Gluten-Free Pecan Pie cookies on a white plate. They are golden brown, with a pecan and brown sugar topping.

Several Gluten-Free Pecan Pie cookies on a white plate. They are golden brown, with a pecan and brown sugar topping.
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Gluten-Free Pecan Pie Cookies

These gluten-free pecan pie cookies are rich, delicious, and look fantastic on a holiday cookie tray. They're surprisingly easy to make, too!
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time14 minutes mins
Chilling Time1 hour hr
Total Time1 hour hr 34 minutes mins
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Diet: Gluten Free
Servings: 24 Large Cookies
Calories: 196kcal

Equipment

  • 2 Baking Sheets
  • Parchment Paper

Ingredients

Cookie Dough:

  • ยพ cup Butter softened
  • 1 cup Light brown sugar packed
  • 1 Large egg
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1 cup White rice flour
  • ยฝ cup Sorghum flour
  • ยผ cup Brown rice flour
  • ยผ cup Corn starch
  • ยผ cup Tapioca Starch/Flour
  • 2 teaspoon Xanthan gum
  • 1 teaspoon Baking powder
  • ยฝ teaspoon Salt

Filling:

  • 1 cup Chopped pecans
  • ยฝ cup Light brown sugar packed
  • ยผ cup Heavy whipping cream
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • Pinch each of ginger, cinnamon, and cloves

Instructions

  • Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Add egg and vanilla, continue beating until egg is fully incorporated and mixture is once again smooth and fluffy.
  • In a large bowl, mix together flours, starches, xanthan gum, baking powder, and salt.
  • Slowly add this dry mix to the mixer bowl, and carefully mix until well incorporated and smooth.
  • Wrap dough in plastic film, chill for 1 hour.
  • Preheat oven to 350 F (180 C). Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  • In a separate mixing bowl, mix pecans, brown sugar and spices. Add in heavy cream and vanilla, mix until well combined.
  • Roll cookie dough into balls that are about 1.5" in diameter, and place them on cookie sheets โ€“ leave about 2" between the cookies.
  • Gently use your thumb to press down in the middle of each cookie, making an indentation. Roll thumb slightly to stretch the indentation out a little.
  • Fill each indentation with about a teaspoon of pecan filling
  • Bake for 12-14 minutes, until lightly browned.
  • Allow to cool on sheets for 5 minutes or so, before gently transferring to baking rack or counter to finish cooling.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 196kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 132mg | Potassium: 62mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 226IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 1mg

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