Refrigerator Nut Cookies

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup packed ligh br sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

2 ¾ cups flour

½ tsp salt

½ tsp baking soda

1 cup finely chopped walnuts

Directions

Beat together first 4 ingredients. Stir together flour, salt and baking soda and mix into first mixture. Add ½ of the walnuts.

Cover and chill 1 hour or more. Turn dough into lightly floured sheet of waxed paper. Mold into roll 15” long. Roll in remaining ½ cup nuts. Wrap securely in wax paper, plastic or foil and chill several hours or overnight.

Cut in ⅛” thick slices. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet - light browned around edges. 400 - 6-8 min. Makes 120