Crescents - butter

Method

• Cream butter well in mixer; add sugar.
• Cream well.
• Add vanilla and mix.
• Add flour and mix.
• Add pecans.
• Shape as crescents or in little round balls.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes or until tops are slightly light brown.
• While cookies are baking, spread several paper towels on surface on which to sift 1/2 package confectioners sugar.
• Carefully take up cookies and place on confectioners sugar.
• Then sift remaining confectioners sugar over tops of hot cookies.
• Cool.
• Lightly press cookies over sugar as you take them up to place in cookie tin.