Pound Cake Cookies

Name: Pound Cake Cookies
Ingredients: 3 sticks butter, at room temperature; 1 c. sugar; 2 egg yolks; 3 c. plain flour, sifted; 1 tsp. vanilla; strawberry jam or pecan halves

6 ingredients

13 steps

Ingredients

3 sticks butter, at room temperature
1 c. sugar
2 egg yolks
3 c. plain flour, sifted
1 tsp. vanilla
strawberry jam or pecan halves

Directions

1

Cream butter and sugar.
2

Add egg yolks.
3

Blend flour into butter mixture.
4

Add flavoring.
5

Refrigerate dough until thoroughly chilled.
6

Form into small balls about the size of a quarter and press onto ungreased cookie sheet.
7

Using thumb, press indentation in top of each cookie and fill with small amount of strawberry jam.
8

If you prefer, press a pecan half on top of cookie.
9

Bake 12 minutes at 300° or until lightly browned.
10

Cool several minutes, then slide cookies off pan using a spatula.
11

Keep stored in an airtight container.
12

Yield:
13

6 to 7 dozen.