Annie Hall's Butter Cookies

Preheat oven to 350

With an electric mixer, cream together the sugar and butter until the mixture is all the same consistency. Add the vanilla and one egg yolk at a time until all combined.

Sift flour and salt together, and beat into butter/sugar mixture until well-mixed. Divide dough in to two discs with wax or parchment paper in between

Chill dough for 30 minutes before rolling out

Roll out cookies to roughly 1/4 inch and cut with cookie cutters

Place cut-out cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for about 10-12 minutes - but DO NOT brown

Remove cookies from baking sheet and cool on a baking rack. Decorate with cream cheese frosting!