Ronni's Wedding Cookies

Christmas Memory
One Christmas we were living in Georgia and couldnt' come home to Louisiana that year so I got it in my head that we would see if we could get the church to let all of us orphans so to speak share dinner there. Well the pastor agreed and next thing I know he announces it from the pulpit and we had over a hundred people sign up and donations of food started pouring in. The only thing is that food had to be cooked and somehow I managed with the help of my best friend to get seven turkeys , hams and all the fixings done.
I had enlisted the help of all of my friends to put a tin of cookies at the place of every person there and was so happy when the final box of wedding cookies was done and sitting on the table in front of every chair.
When we all sat down around the table with all of the food that I thought would put me under the grave, I saw all the happy faces and I was just so happy that we had all gotten the food done.
I asked my son Dustin to say the blessing and he asked me what he should say so I told him just say whatever you think mama would say right now. He bowed his head and said "Dear Lord, Why did Pastor Cowart and Daddy invite all these people, amen"
Wedding Cookies:
1 cup softened butter
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 tbsp water
2 tbsp vanilla
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup pecans
Additional Powdered Sugar
Preheat Oven to 375
Cream butter and sugar, add water, vanilla and start slowing mixing in flour until all flour is incorporated. Add pecans and form a ball. Separate the ball into four sections and roll out on a floured board. Cut cookies in round shapes and bake for 15 - 18 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Cool cookies slightly then roll through powdered sugar and allow to finish cooling on cooling rack. When cookies are fully cool, run through the powdered sugar one more time for an even coating.
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