best butter cookies ever

How To Make best butter cookies ever

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  Beat the butter, sugar, salt and vanilla together until smooth and creamy. Mix in the egg yolk, until well incorporated. Add flour and mix just until mixed in.
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  Place mixture on a sheet of plastic wrap and roll into a log, wrap up and refrigerate for 2 hours or freeze. Before baking, preheat oven to 325^. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
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  Slice the dough into slices about 1/8 inch thick and place them on the sheets about 1 inch apart- they do not spread much, but they need room to breathe.
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  Bake about 12-15 minutes -just until they begin to turn golden around the edges.
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  NOTE: -Cookies can be rolled out and cut into shapes with cookie cutters. -Or slice thiner and use as sandwich cookies-put together with frosting. -or make and dip in chocolate of many colors
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