Basic Cookie Recipe

This recipe is used to make cookie cakes

[Made for Jim's cookie]

Work in as for a pie:

• 4 c flour
• 1/2 pound butter

Beat:

• 4 egg yolks
• 1 c sugar
• after beating those together
• add 1/3 c sour cream (can use whip cream, too)
• 1/2 tsp soda

Next:

• Add flour to the butter mixture
• Refrigerate to bake the next day
• Roll out in a pan and bake 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes

Topping option:

• melt a bag of caramel chips with a little butter
• Stir until melted
• Cut with a crinkler into diamond shapes
• Put a spoon of caramel mixture over top top of each diamond and lay a pecan on top

or  

• cut into squares and put a chocolate star or a mint in the center and turn up the corners