Nana's Butter Cookies

Total Time: 8 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• 3/4 lb butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar; add egg yolks and vanilla. mix until fully incorporated.
• 2 sift flour and salt and add gradually to butter mixture.
• 3 beat until blended.
• 4 shape dought into a log; cover and refrigerate overnight.
• 5 slice and bake at 400°f for 10 minutes. remove from cookie sheet and cool.
• 6 or.
• 7 instead of shaping into log. roll dough into balls the size of walnuts.
• 8 refrigerate balls overnight.
• 9 flatten dough balls with fork dipped into sugar. i make tine marks north to south then east to west.
• 10 bake at 400°f for 10 minutes. remove from cookie sheet and cool.