French Toast Pecan Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup sall-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• egg
• teaspoon vanilla extra ct
• teaspoon rum-flavored extra ct
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans (Optional)
• pecan halves (Optional)
• pinch coarse salt, or to taste

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
2. Combine flour, white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and baking soda together in a bowl, breaking up any large lumps of brown sugar. Stir butter, egg, vanilla extract, and rum flavored extract into flour mixture until dough forms; add chopped pecans and mix until well blended. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Press a pecan half on top of each ball.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are golden brown, 9 to 11 minutes. Sprinkle salt onto each cookie and gently press each with the back of a spatula to set the salt.

Tips

A very nice upgrade is to drizzle a little fresh orange glaze on the top of each cookie after they have cooled half-way.