Mrs. dole's pecan roll cookies

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       Title: 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.
  
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