Butter-Brickle Cookies

1/3 cup butter
1 box French vanilla cake mix with pudding
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon water
1 1/2 cups butter brickle bits
1 cup chopped pecans

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease three cookie sheets.

With electric mixer, beat butter until creamy.

Add cake mix, eggs, vanilla extract and water. Beat until well-blended.

Stir in butter brickle bits and pecans. Dough will be very stiff. Drop by tablespoon or melon scoop onto prepared cookie sheets.

Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until bottoms are beginning to brown. Top will look moist. Let cool in pan until you can move them to racks.