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Ingredients
- Unsalted butter - 2 sticks (8oz), at room temperature
- Sugar - ½cup
- Confectioners Sugar - ¼cup
- Salt - ½tsp
- Egg yolks - 2 large, at room temperature
- All purpose Flour - 2cups
- Decorating Sugar - optional
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