These cookies are very fragile and are best served in cupcake liners. Yields 2 dozen.
Ingredients
1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
¾ cup corn oil
⅓ cup sugar
zest of ½ orange
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
2 cups all-purpose flour
½ cup pecans, toasted and finely chopped
Honey Syrup:
¼ cup honey
½ cup sugar
¾ cup water
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. In the bowl of a standing mixer, beat the butter until creamy. Slowly add the oil and then the sugar while beating. Add the orange zest and mix well.
In a small bowl, sift together the baking powder, baking soda and the flour. Slowly add the flour mixture to the mixing bowl with the butter/oil mixture while beating on low speed. The dough should be firm enough to hold its shape. Add more flour if necessary.
Shape teaspoon size balls of dough onto a greased cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes or until the cookies are firm and golden. Cool on wire racks. For the syrup, boil the honey, sugar and water for 3 minutes. Once the cookies have cooled, drizzle each one with the honey syrup and immediately sprinkle with the pecans.
Recipe by Culinary Thymes at https://www.culinarythymes.com/honey-pecan-cookies-appeal-to-the-locavore/