Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Make dough

Cream butter and 1 cup of the confectioners sugar until creamy and fluffy. Beat in pure vanilla extract.

Combine flour and salt in a large bowl. Slowly add flour mixture to creamed butter and blend until smooth. Stir in pecans thoroughly.

Use a cookie scoop to scoop out dough and place on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper (for easy cleanup). After all dough has been scooped out hand roll until uniform in shape and smooth. Place rolled balls evenly on cookie sheet and refrigerate for about 15 minutes.

Bake

After dough has chilled remove from refrigerator and bake in preheated oven for about 10-12 minutes.

Place the other 1/2 cup of confectioners sugar in a bowl. Remove cookies from oven and roll warm cookies in confectioners sugar and place on a cooling rack and allow to cool completely.

For the final touches after the cookies have cooled I like to use a small fine mesh strainer filled with confectioners sugar from the bowl. Just put the cookies back into the bowl and sprinkle a fine dusting of sugar on top of all the cookies. This process coats the cookies evenly making them picture perfect. Oh, by the way, they’re not only picture perfect but they are delicious as well! Enjoy!