Recipe: Elizabeth Dole's Pecan Roll Cookies

ELIZABETH DOLE'S PECAN ROLL COOKIES

1 cup (2 sticks) margarine, at room temperature
1/4 cup powdered sugar plus additional for coating baked cookies
1 tablespoon cold water
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups pecan pieces

With a mixer on medium speed, beat together margarine and 1/4 cup powdered sugar in a medium bowl until smooth and creamy. Beat in water and vanilla.

On low speed, gradually beat in flour. Mix in pecans with a wooden spoon by hand.

With floured hands, roll 2 teaspoons of dough for each cookie into date like shapes. Place on a greased cookie sheet. Score top of each cookie lengthwise with a knife.

Bake in preheated 275-degree F oven 45 minutes. Roll in powdered sugar while still warm.

Makes 3 3/4 dozen cookies.
Source: Meriden, CT - Record-Journal, Wed, Aug 28, 1996