Refrigerator Nut Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 stick soft butter or margarine
1 c. sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
1 egg (unbeaten)
1 3/4 c. sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. chopped nuts

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
Beat in vanilla and egg. Sift dry ingredients together; add nuts.
Gradually add to sugar mixture, beating well after each addition.
Shape in long rolls (2-inch diameter) on waxed paper.
Chill in refrigerator several hours, overnight or even a week.
Slice 1/8 to 1/4-inch thick. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet in 400\u00b0 oven about 7 minutes. Yields about 6 dozen.
On hot days, slice a little thicker.
Be sure to return remaining dough to refrigerator while each batch of cookies bake.