Ingredients
1 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp. white sugar
1 egg yolk
2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions
Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk and vanilla and beat thoroughly. Add flour and pecans and mix well. Use a teaspoon of dough per cookie. Drop dough on lightly greased cookie sheet and press down with tines of fork.

Bake at 400 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes, or until delicately browned.