Chocolate Pecan Sandies

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 4 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 cup ground pecans
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/3 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.

Cream butter and sugar together until light. Beat in the vanilla. Mix in the flour, pecans and cocoa powder.

Form dough into 1 inch balls and place onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Cool, then roll each cookie in confectioners' sugar.