Instructions

• Soften butter, cream with the sugar; add eggs.
• Add flour a bit at a time, sifting in, mixing well each time.
• Chill dough until hard.
• Roll dough out a chunk at a time, keeping the rest in the refrigerator, using well-floured cloth and rolling pin cover.
• Roll until very thin: Dough will be almost translucent.
• Using doughnut cutter, cut into rings, and transfer carefully to lightly greased cookie trays.
• Sprinkle with sugar. (If using colored sugar or decorations, sprinkle first with white sugar.)
• Bake at 375° F until slightly puffed and golden at the edges.
• Remove from cookie trays immediately.
• Pack in airtight tins when cool.