Recipe - 1989 1st Place Melt Aways

1 cup Unsalted softened butter
One half cup Sifted confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 One fourth cup Sifted cake flour
One fourth teaspoon Salt
Three fourths cup Chopped pecans
Confectioners' sugar

Preparation time: 20 minutes Baking time: 7 minutes per batch

1. Heat oven to 450 degrees. Combine butter, confectioners' sugar and
vanilla in mixing bowl.

2. Sift flour and salt together and gradually stir into butter mixture.
Stir in chopped pecans.

3. Drop by heaping teaspoonsful onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until
peaks are very light brown, about 7 minutes. Transfer to cooling rack.
While still warm (but not hot), use a sifter to sprinkle generously with
confectioners' sugar.

This 1989 firstplace recipe comes from Chris Merrill of Elk Grove
Village. The cookies are slightly sweet and very buttery, so they melt in
your mouth. from the Chicago Tribune second annual Food Guide Holiday
Cookie Contest December 14, 1989
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V3 #340

From: Linda Place placel@worldnet.att.net

Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 01:07:01 +0000