Pecan Cookies

1/2 cups butter or margarine
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
2 tablespoons vanilla flavoring
1 cup ground pecans

Icing:
1 egg beaten
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
Powdered sugar


Cream butter and sugar. Add salt and flour; mix well. Stir in vanilla and pecans. Drop from a teaspoon onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Cool.


Icing: Combine all ingredients, adding enough powdered sugar to thicken mixture to spreading consistency. Spread over cooled cookies.