Nana Carroll's Sugar Cookie

Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 Egg Yolk
• 1/2 Cup Icing Sugar
• 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
• 1 Cup Butter
• 2 1/2 Cup Flour

Instructions:

1. Cream together egg yolk, butter and sugar until light and smooth.
2. Sift together the flour and salt.
3. With a wooden spoon stir in about 1/2 of the sifted flour, knead in the remainder.
4. Cover and chill dough in fridge for at least two hours, or overnight.
5. Preheat oven to 375ºF.
6. Roll out dough to 1/8 inch thick on a well floured work surface.
7. Cut out desired shape.
8. Bake in preheated oven for 8-12 minutes, until edges are just golden and bottoms are toasty colored.
9. Allow cookies to rest on pan for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
10. Cookies are great as is, dusted with a little icing sugar, or frosted.

Enjoy!