1989 1st place: melt aways

1 c  Unsalted softened butter
    1/2 c  Sifted confectioners' sugar
      1 ts vanilla
  2 1/4 c  Sifted cake flour
    1/4 ts Salt
    3/4 c  Chopped pecans
           Confectioners' sugar
 

  
     1. Heat oven to 450 degrees. Combine butter, confectioners' sugar and
    vanilla in mixing bowl.
  
     2. Sift flour and salt together and gradually stir into butter
    mixture. Stir in chopped pecans.
  
     3. Drop by heaping teaspoonsful onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake
    until peaks are very light brown, about 7 minutes. Transfer to
    cooling rack. While still warm (but not hot), use a sifter to
    sprinkle generously with confectioners' sugar.
  
     This 1989 first-place recipe comes from Chris Merrill of Elk Grove
    Village. The cookies are slightly sweet and very buttery, so they
    melt in your mouth. from the Chicago Tribune second annual Food Guide
    Holiday Cookie Contest December 14, 1989
 
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