1 c Butter
1/2 c Confectioner’s sugar
1/2 ts Salt
2 ts Vanilla extract
Confectioner’s sugar
2 c Sifted unbleached flour
1 1/2 c Ground pecans
At medium speed beat butter & sugar until creamy. Add salt, vanilla, flour
& pecans & mix until well blended. Refrigerate dough until it is easy to
handly. Heat oven to 350. Break off pieces of dough to form 1-inch balls.
Flatten cookie bals on cookie sheet with bottom of tumbler dipped in flour.
Bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden. Sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar,
remove to rack to cool. Store in air-tight container as they keep well. You
may substitute Brazil nuts or filberts for the pecans. Yields about 5 dozen
cookies.
MRS JACK W. (JO) SMITH
From the The Bliss of Cooking Returns, Fort Bliss Officers Wives Club,
Ft. Bliss, TX. Downloaded from Glen’s MM Recipe Archive,
Yields
20 Servings