Mrs. Dole's Pecan Roll Cookies

 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 45 servings
 
      1 c  Margarine; room temp
    1/4 c  Powdered sugar plus more
           For coating baked cookies
      1 tb Cold water
      1 ts Vanilla
      2 c  All-purpose flour
      2 c  Pecan pieces
 
  Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 8/12/96
     Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Grease baking sheet. In medium bowl with
  mixer on medium speed, beat together margarine and 1/4 cup powdered sugar
  until smooth and creamy. Beat in water and vanilla. On low speed, gradually
  beat in flour. Mix in pecans with a wooden spoon or by hand.
    With floured hands, roll 2 teaspoons dough for each cookie into a
  datelike shape. Place cookies on greased baking sheet. Score top of each
  cookie lengthwise with knife. Bake 45 minutes. Roll in powdered sugar while
  still warm. Yield: 3 3/4 dozen cookies.