- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour (sift before measuring)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks (1 cup) butter, softened
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup pecans (3 3/4 ounces), finely chopped
- 1 cup confectioners sugar, sifted
- Sift together flour and salt.
- Beat together butter, honey, and vanilla with an electric mixer until creamy. Mix in flour mixture at low speed just until blended, then stir in pecans. Form dough into a disk and chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, about 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 300°F.
- Roll 1 1/2-inch balls of dough into 2- by 1/2-inch logs.
- Arrange cookies 1 inch apart on greased baking sheets.
- Bake cookies in batches in middle of oven until golden, 30 to 35 minutes, then roll in confectioners sugar while still warm. Transfer to a rack and cool, then reroll in confectioners sugar.