Thumbprint Cookies

By nanarose

This is a recipe I got from my mother. The cookies are pretty, and they taste good, too. I always make them when I'm in my annual holiday baking frenzy.

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups chopped walnuts
• jelly

Preparation

Step 1

1 Cream butter and sugar. 2 Beat in egg yolks. 3 Sift together flour, soda and salt and add to sugar mixture. 4 Form into balls the size of a walnut, dip in slightly-beaten egg whites, and roll in chopped nuts. 5 Place on a greased cookie sheet and press down slightly in the center with your thumb. 6 Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. 7 Remove from oven and press down in center again. 8 Bake another 10 minutes. 9 Cool. 10 Just before serving, put a dab of jelly in the center of each cookie.