Thumbprint Cookies I

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 2/3 cup any flavor fruit jam
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• preheat oven to 300 degrees f. grease cookie sheets.
• separate egg, reserving egg white. cream butter or margarine, sugar, and egg yolk.
• add vanilla, flour and salt, mixing well.
• shape dough into balls. roll in egg white, then walnuts. place on cookie sheets about 2 inches apart. bake for 5 minutes.
• remove cookies from oven. with thumb, dent each cookie. put jelly or preserves in each thumbprint. bake for another 8 minutes.