Yield: Two dozen wafers
1 stick butter
½ cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
¾ cup flour
1 tablespoon water
½ teaspoon vanilla
½ pecan piece for center of each cookie
Preheat oven to 350°.
Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and flour. Add water and vanilla.
Drop teaspoons of dough far apart on a cookie sheet (approximately 6 cookies to a sheet). Spread dough very thin, about 3 inches in diameter. Place pecan in center. Bake on middle rack in oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool on a rack.
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