Recipe - 1989 Honorable Mention Dotties Mexican Wedding Cookies

1 cup Butter, softened
One half cup Confectioners' sugar
2 cup Allpurpose flour
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Chopped pecans
Confectioners' sugar for
Garnish

Preparation time: 15 minutes Baking time: 10 to 12 minutes per batch

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar until smooth in mixer
bowl. Add flour, salt and vanilla and mix until blended. Mix in nuts.

2. Roll teaspoonsize pieces of dough in a ball and put onto an ungreased
cookie sheet. Bake until light golden, 10 to 12 minutes. The cookie bottoms
should be golden brown. Roll cookies in confectioners' sugar immediately
after baking.

Honorable mention went to Kathleen Shelton of Marengo. These cookies freeze
well. 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