• 1 cup butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• tsp vanilla
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
• Sugar for rolling cookies

1- Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yold and vanilla.

2- Stir in the flour, half a cup at a time, blending well. Stir in pecans.

3- Roll into 1-inch balls. Roll in sugar.

4- Place on ungreased cookie sheets. Press with a bottom of a glass to 3/8-inch thickness.

5- Bake at 350F for 10 minutes.

6- Lower heat to 300F. Bake cookies for 12 mminutes longer until just light brown on bottom.

7- Cool a minute before removing to rack to complete cooking. Store airtight.