Salt butter cookies are buttery, half cookie balls sandwiched together with a chocolate, or in this case, Nutella filling. They are the kind of cookie you’ll find yourself eating in your mom’s laundry room after stumbling upon a hidden batch all the while the family Christmas party is carrying on upstairs. Then your sister will barge in looking for that holiday tablecloth your mom asked her to find, and see that you’re eating most of the extra salt butter cookies. She promptly closes the door, and happily joins in on this impromptu eating fest. You hardly speak to each other, maybe giggle a little when you hear a guest upstairs ask “where did Liz and Amanda go?”. Finally, you’ll see that the plate is clean, so you find a good hiding place for it, grab the tablecloth before your sister does, and head back upstairs. You don’t eat much dinner that night because you’re  “staying on your Weight Watchers points”. “Dieting is not allowed during the holidays, Liz!” I know, I know. But then dessert rolls around and hey! your mom takes out the other plate of salt butter cookies. “Diet starts tomorrow!” you exclaim as you grab a handful. 

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