Vanilla Bean Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. butter
1 c. sugar
3 c. flour
2 c. finely ground almonds
1 1/2 c. confectioners sugar
1 whole vanilla bean

Preparation

Mix first 4 ingredients together by hand.
Drop by teaspoon on ungreased cookie sheet.
Press down with tines of fork.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes at 325\u00b0.
Grind vanilla bean to consistency of pepper and mix with confectioners sugar.
While still hot, roll cookies in vanilla bean mixture.