Pecan Pie Cookies

This is another Pinterest recipe that proved to be a great success!  These cookies were easy to make, and oh so yummy!  Sweet, soft, crunchy - exactly what a pecan pie cookie should be, and perfect for a fall party!

Pecan Pie Cookies

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Ingredients

For Cookies:
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder

For Filling:
1 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F.
2. Combine all cookie ingredients except flour and baking powder in large bowl.
3. Beat at medium speed until creamy. Reduce speed to low; add flour and baking powder. Beat until well mixed.
4. Shape dough into 1-1/4-inch balls.
5. Place 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
6. Make indentation in each cookie with thumb; rotate thumb to hollow out slightly.
7. Combine all filling ingredients in small bowl; fill each cookie with 1 rounded tsp. filling.
8. Bake for 8 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.

A Fall Sunday

The makings of a perfect Sunday in the fall...

Leaves, boots, and tights...

...Chicken Noodle Soup from Earth Fare...

...and a little cup of joy to close out the evening.

A Day on the Farm

Tomorrow night The Well is having a Barn Party, and this afternoon a bunch of us went over to the farm where we'll be having it to get set-up.  Here are a few highlights...

While walking past a pond into the woods to collect marshmallow roasting sticks I told stories about the pond at my grandparents house...Like when I was really little I would go "fishing" with peacock feathers, and I could never figure out why I didn't catch anything.  And then, when I was not so little, I was throwing pumpkins onto the frozen pond one Thanksgiving.  I started to step out onto the ice and it broke, and my whole left leg went in, but my right one was still on the bank so it stayed nice and dry.

The guys were working on hanging these pallet chandelier things that we have.  We only had one big ladder, so Seth hung them by standing on a pallet, on a Bobcat, that Brandon was driving.  It was amusing and scary at times.

There were goats!  I walked outside of the barn for a minute and there was a goat standing right there!  And then I saw another one.  I followed them down the road for a little bit because I wanted to get close enough to pet them, but whenever I reached my hand out they would just "baaaaa" at me.

And when I was taking this picture:

I heard a funny noise and turned around and saw this:

This goat just jumped up on the truck!  If these goats hang out tomorrow night, I'm sure I'll have some more good stories about them!

Fall in East Tennessee

I've been saying that East Tennessee is absolutely, positively one of the most beautiful places in the world in the fall, and to help prove my point I'll share some photos.  No filters. No photoshop.  Just God's glorious creation!

These were taken from two different scenic overlooks on Interstate 26, between Johnson City and Asheville, NC.

And these were taken on campus.