Irish Christmas Tea Cakes

Some people call these Russian Tea Cakes or Mexican Wedding Cookies, but at my house we call them Irish Christmas Tea Cakes. Everyone loves them.

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 all-purpose flour
3/4 cup finely pecans
1/4 teaspoon salt
More Powdered sugar

Steps

1 Heat oven to 400ºF.
2 Mix butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and the vanilla in large bowl. Stir in flour, nuts and salt until dough holds together.
3 Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
4 Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not brown. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool slightly on wire rack.
5 Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar; cool on wire rack. Roll in powdered sugar again.