French Toast Pecan Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon rum-flavored extract
1/2 cup chopped pecans
12 pecan halves (optional)
1 pinch coarse salt, or to taste

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
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.
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.