Cream Wafer Cookies (1967)

• 1 1/4 cups soft butter
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• Granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 egg yolk, beaten
• 1 tspn vanilla extract

1. In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat 1 cup butter with cream and flour until creamy. Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm enough to roll out.

2. Start heating oven to 375 degrees.

3. On floured cloth-covered surface, roll out one-third of dough at a time (keep rest refrigerated) to 1/8-inch thickness. With floured 1 1/2-inch cookie cutter, cut into rounds. Transfer rounds to wax paper, covered with granulated sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheets. With fork, prick each round about 4 times.

4. Bake 7 to 9 minutes, then remove to wire racks to cool.

5. Meanwhile, in small bowl, beat confectioners' sugar gradually into 1/4 cup butter until fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla until smooth. Refrigerate this filling. 

6. To serve, put wafers together in pairs with filling between. Make about 40.

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(Origin - "Good Housekeeping's Cookie-Jar Cookbook" by the Food Editors of Good Housekeeping Magazine, 1967.)