Tea Cookies

Tea Cookies

Ingredients
1 cup softened butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cup flour
1 dash salt
1 dash baking powder
3/4 cup finely chopped pecans,
powdered sugar for dusting

Directions
In a medium sized mixing bowl, beat the butter and powdered sugar until
smooth and creamy. Add vanilla. Blend together flour, salt and the dash of
baking powder. Add flour and mix in with the butter-mix, blend well. Add
the chopped nuts and combine well again. Roll the dough out into two
balls. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour. Flatten dough out
and cut into16 equal sized pieces.
Shape into marble sized balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake at 375-400 degrees F for 10-12 minutes until firm. Don’t let them
brown. Bake each set separately.
While still warm roll into powdered sugar. Let cool and roll in the sugar
again.