Thumbprint Cookies

By S. Danford

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs, separated
• 2 T grated orange rind
• 1 T grated lemon rind
• 1 t vanilla
• 2 T lemon juice
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1 1/4 cup walnuts, finely chopped
• Maraschino cherries, drained, dried, and cut in quarters

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350
Cream shortening, butter, and sugar together.
Add egg YOLKS, rinds, vanilla, lemon juice, and flour.
Chill dough a few hours or overnight.
Roll into small balls
Dip the balls in egg WHITE
Roll in nuts
Place onto a cookie sheet and push your thumb into the middle of each ball.
Place a cherry into the thumbprint
Bake about 10 minutes