Buttery Pecan Cookies

1 cup butter at room temperature

2/3 cup sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

2 cups flour

1/2 cup chopped pecans

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Combine butter, sugar, salt, and vanilla - mix until smooth. Add the flour and nuts and continue mixing until the dough looks like moist pebbles. Then with hands form the dough into a mass and then shape it into a log - about 10 inches long and 2 inches in diameter. Wrap the log with plastic wrap and put in refrigerator for about 3 hours or until firm. Then line cookie sheet with aluminum foil. Unwrap dough and place on a cutting board and cut the log into slice 1/4 inch thick and place on cookie sheet 1 inch apart. Bake for 14-16 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Let cookies cool completely on the cookie sheet.