Pecan Crescents

a.k.a Devil Cookies

Ingredients

  • 2 sticks butter
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups ground pecans
  • 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • 1 cup 10x sugar

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. Cream butter
  3. Add vanilla and mix
  4. Add sugar and mix
  5. Alternate nuts and flour into the butter mixture.
  6. Shape into crescents or balls.
  7. Bake in 350 oven for about 15 minutes.
  8. Roll in powered sugar.

By Pat -- Sister Gerry made them for Grandma  Doyle at Christmas