1 c. butter
1 1/2 c. sugar
3 eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tbsp. warm water
1/2 tsp. vanilla
3 c. flour

Cream butter. Add sugar, gradually and cream. Beat eggs and stir into butter and sugar mixture. Add salt and soda dissolved in water. Add vanilla. Sift flour and add gradually until dough is stiff enough to roll out. Chill at least 6 hours and take out of refrigerator a portion at a time. Roll very thin on a bed of sugar/flour mixture. Cut and decorate. Bake 10 minutes on a greased cookie sheet at 350 degrees.

Note: Do not substitute butter for butter. Do not use self-rising flour.