Recipe#7399

Title: Brides

Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking,rec.food.recipes 
 From: japlady@nwu.edu (Rebecca Radnor) 
 Subject: Bride's cookies (mexican) 
 Message-ID: <199412060627.AA233415243@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> 
 Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 06:27:38 GMT 

Yield: 24 cookies
 2 cups all-purpose flour
 1 cup very finely chopped pecans
 1/2 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
 Pinch salt
 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
 Confectioners' sugar
 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Have an ungreased baking sheet(s) ready.
 2. Mix together the flour, nuts,  1/2 cup confectioners' sugar and salt in
 a large bowl; stir in vanilla. Work in the butter until the mixture comes
 together and forms a ball.
 3. Shape the dough into 24 patties with fairly straight sides. Arrange on
 baking sheet. Bake until very lightly colored, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer
 to a wire rack; cool slightly then sift a thick layer of confectioners'
 sugar over.