Old-Fashioned Butter Cookies

• 1 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 Land O Lakes Eggs (yolks only)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Pecan halves

1. Heat oven to 350F.
2. Combine butter, sugar, egg yolks and vanilla in bowl.
3. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed.
4. Add flour and salt; beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed.
5. Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
6. Place 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
7. Flatten balls to 1/4-inch thickness with bottom of glass dipped in sugar.
8. Place pecan half in center of each cookie.
9. Bake 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
10. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to cooling rack.

butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, salt, halves

Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/3083/old-fashioned-butter-cookies (may not work)