Butter Cookies - Three Cookies In One Dough - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups butter
4 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
3 teaspoons vanilla
3 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons cream of tartar
3 large eggs
7 1/2 cups flour

Preparation

Mix eggs, butter, and vanilla.
Add dry ingredients and stir well.
For Cutouts: CHILL WELL.
Roll out for cookie cutters.
For Jam Centers: Place dough on wax paper.
Roll into a tube form with the wax paper surrounding it well.
Place in refrigerator and CHILL WELL.
When chilled, cut off slices of the tubed dough to make a round cookie.
You can press a spot in the center for the jam to be placed, or just put a nut there for another alternative.
For Snow Balls: Before chilling, add 1 1/2 cups walnuts.
CHILL WELL.
When chilled, make small 1 inch balls out of dough and roll them in Confectioner's sugar.
Bake all three types at 400\u00b0F for 8-10 minutes.
The cookies should brown slightly.