Pecan Cookie Day

I’m starting to get into the autumn mindset: Our cooler days are just a few weeks off, and I’m already looking forward to dinners that don’t involve the grill or “cold fixins” like salads and sandwiches since it won’t be so miserable to turn on the oven!

So I’m going through and doing my annual “fall cleaning” with my recipe folder, and the one section that I pay a little more attention to is my desserts. I have a habit of printing off pretty much any recipe that catches my eye, or ripping out a magazine article of something that looks good one day, and a week or so later leaves me wondering what I was thinking. The purge is satisfying, especially when I’m able to thin the folder down a bit. At the same time, though, seeing so many of my autumn favorites gets me in a mood to fire up the mixer!

That being said, and because September 21st happens to be Pecan Cookie Day, I’ve added the ingredients to make my favorite Pecan Shortbread Cookies to this week’s grocery list. I’m really in the mood to not only start baking, but to start filling the house with yummy fall scents, too!

~ Pecan Shortbread Cookies
~ Mini Pecan Pumpkin Pies
~ White Chocolate Pecan Cranberry Cookies
~ Butter Pecan Cookies
~ Orange Pecan Cookies
~ Buttered Rum Pecan Cookies
~ Organic Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies (video)
~ Gluten-free Butter Pecan Cookies

What are your favorite pecan cookies?