Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  3 1/2           Cups  flour -- sifted
     1/2      Teaspoon  salt
     1/2      Teaspoon  soda
  1                Cup  butter
  1                Cup  brown sugar. firmly packed
  3                     eggs
     1/2      Teaspoon  vanilla
                        walnut halves (optional)

Preparation:

Sift together flour, salt and soda. Cream butter and brown sugar well. Add eggs and beat well. Blend in vanilla and add dry ingredients. Mix thoroughly. Mold or drop dough onto balls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350~F. for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool and frost generously with powdered sugar and top with walnut half.

Nutritional Information:

3422 Calories (kcal); 201g Total Fat; (53% calories from fat); 64g Protein; 336g Carbohydrate; 1058mg Cholesterol; 3114mg Sodium