Pound Cake Cookies - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar.
Add egg yolks.
Blend flour into butter mixture.
Add flavoring.
Refrigerate dough until thoroughly chilled.
Form into small balls about the size of a quarter and press onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Using thumb, press indentation in top of each cookie and fill with small amount of strawberry jam.
If you prefer, press a pecan half on top of cookie.
Bake 12 minutes at 300\u00b0 or until lightly browned.
Cool several minutes, then slide cookies off pan using a spatula.
Keep stored in an airtight container.
Yield:
6 to 7 dozen.