Phyllis Bailey's Sand Tarts

Total Time: 8 hrs 8 mins Preparation Time: 8 hrs Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 egg yolk (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 cream together butter, sugar, egg and vanilla. add the flour and baking powder.
• 3 chill dough several hours or overnight. if too stiff to work with, allow to be at room temperature for about an hour or so.
• 4 roll thin (about 1/8 inch thick). cut with christmas cookie cutters.
• 5 put onto greased cookie sheet.
• 6 brush with egg yolk (this is optional).
• 7 bake for about 8 minutes.
• 8 note: phyllis frosts her cookies with colored frosting made with confectioners' sugar and water (not too thick though!).