Russian Tea Cakes

– 1 cup pecans – 1 cup flour – a pinch of salt – 1/2 cup butter – 1/4 cup powdered sugar – 1 teaspoon vanilla

Toast pecans in a dry pan over medium heat until they start to smell nutty.

Stir together pecans, flour, and salt. Cream butter and sugar. Add Vanilla. Mix in flour mixture. Chill.

Form into dough balls. Bake for 15 minutes.

Roll cookies immediately in powdered sugar and again once they have cooled.