Best 9 Nutty Pie Crust Cookies Recipes

NUTTY PIE-CRUST COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat butter, flour, confectioners' sugar and salt until crumbly. Beat in cream. Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate 30 minutes or until firm enough to roll., Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 1-1/2-in. round cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets., Bake 10-12 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., Place pecans and coconut in a small bowl; toss to combine. Reserve 1/2 cup coconut mixture. In another bowl, beat butter, cream cheese, salt and, if desired, liqueur until creamy. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Fold in remaining coconut mixture. Spread over bottoms of half of the cookies; cover with remaining cookies. Place reserved coconut mixture in a shallow bowl. Roll sides of cookies in coconut mixture., Freeze option: Transfer wrapped disks to a resealable plastic freezer bag; freeze. To use, thaw dough in refrigerator until soft enough to roll. Prepare, bake and fill cookies as directed.

NUTTY CRISPY SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets. Stir together the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs, vegetable oil, and vanilla. Gradually stir in flour mixture until smooth. Stir in nuts. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets. Flatten cookies with a fork.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the edges begin to brown. Cool on baking sheets for a minute before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

NUTTY BROWN SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat brown sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon, until well blended. Stir in flour, baking soda and pecans.
• Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 10 to 14 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

PRESS-IN-THE-PAN PIE CRUST WITH NUTS

Steps:

• In medium bowl, mix all ingredients until soft dough forms. Using lightly floured fingers, press firmly and evenly against bottom and side of 9-inch glass pie plate.
• Fill and bake as directed in pie recipe. Or to bake before filling is added, heat oven to 475°F. Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until light brown; cool on cooling rack.

NUTTY SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment. Pulse the nuts, confectioners' sugar and granulated sugar in a food processor until finely ground. Add the flour, cinnamon and salt and pulse until combined. Add the butter and pulse to form a soft dough.
• Roll heaping teaspoonfuls of dough into balls and arrange 1 1/2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Lightly flatten the balls with your fingers. Sprinkle with coarse, raw, sanding or brown sugar. Press a whole nut into the top of some of the cookies or sprinkle with chopped nuts.
• Bake the cookies until lightly golden, about 15 minutes. Let cool 3 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to racks to cool completely. Spread your choice of filling on the flat side of a cookie; sandwich with another cookie. Repeat with the remaining cookies.

COOKIE NUT CRUST

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour and baking soda.
• Add the butter, brown sugar, walnuts and vanilla.
• Blend well.
• Press the mixture, a small amount at a time, into a 9-inch pie plate, building up the sides and fluting the edge.
• Cover the fluting with a strip of aluminum foil to prevent overbowning.

NUTTY COOKIES & CREAM DESSERT

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine cookie crumbs and butter; set aside 1 cup. Press remaining crumbs into an ungreased 13x9-in. dish. Spread with ice cream. Layer with peanuts, ice cream toppings and whipped topping; sprinkle with reserved crumbs. Cover and freeze until firm. , Remove from the freezer 15 minutes before serving.

CITRUS PUMPKIN PIE IN A NUTTY CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• To Make Crust-------.
• Combine crust ingredients and press into a 9-inch pie pan.
• Set Aside.
• To Make Filling-------.
• Beat together pumpkin, yogurt, orange juice, sugars and eggs.
• Add salt, spices and orange zest and stir until thoroughly blended.
• Pour into pastry lined pie pan.
• Bake for 15 minutes; lower temperature to 350°F and continue baking for 45 minutes or until knife inserted in middle comes out clean.

EASY PIE CRUST COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325*F Working with one crust at a time, remove crust from fridge and wrapper. Roll out onto counter. Cut out shapes with your cookie cutter (or just cut into rectangles or tear into pieces) Place on cookie sheet. In a small bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon until well combined. Using a pastry brush, brush each cookie with melted butter. Sprinkle each cookie with a medium amount of cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake for 8-12 minutes or until cookie edges begin to turn golden. Do not over bake! When first crust is used up completely (including scraps) complete the process with second crust.