Wedding Cookies

These are so Yummy!  I don't know why they are called "Wedding Cookies", but they are light and airy and sweet.  I'm not the best baker, but these are easy to make.  It is a recipe from Trisha Yearwood.

Ingredients:

• 2 ¼ C. all-purpose flour
• 1/8 t. salt
• 1 C. (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 1 C. powdered sugar
• 2 t. vanilla extract
• ½ C. pecans, finely chopped 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. In a small bowl, combine the sifted flour, and salt.
3. In a large bowl, beat the butter, ¼ C. of the powdered sugar, and vanilla with a mixer.
4. Add the flour mixture about ½ C. at a time.
5. Mix until the flour is incorporated.
6. Stir in the chopped pecans, by hand.
7. Roll the cookie dough into 1 inch balls, then roll into a tube and create a crescent.
8. Place each on a cookie sheet.
9. Bake for 20 minutes, or until slightly brown on edges but still pale on the top.
10. Remove the cookies from the oven, and then transfer to a cooling rack.
11. When cookies are cooled, roll them in the ¾ C. of powdered sugar.
12. Store in an air-tight container.

Tips and Tricks:

• This recipe makes about 3 dozen cookies.
• I use parchment paper on my cookie sheets.