Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  1                cup  unsalted softened butter
     1/2           cup  sifted confectioners' sugar
  1         tablespoon  vanilla
  2 1/4           cups  sifted cake flour
     1/4    tablespoon  salt
     3/4           cup  chopped pecans
                        confectioners' sugar

Preparation:

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' su

Nutritional Information:

51 Calories (kcal); 2g Total Fat; (37% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 53mg Sodium