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Thumbprint Cookies
Ingredients
1/4
cup
brown sugar, packed
1/4
cup
margarine or butter, softened
1/4
cup
shortening
1
egg, separated
1/2
tsp
vanilla
1
cup
all-purpose flour
1/4
tsp
salt
3/4
cup
finely chopped pecans
Jelly
Instructions
Heat oven to 350.
Mix brown sugar, margarine, shortening, egg yolk and vanilla. Stir in flour and salt.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
Beat egg white slightly. Dip balls into egg white and roll in nuts.
Place about 1 inch apart on un-greased cookie sheet; press thumb deeply into the center of each cookie.
Bake until light brown, about 10 minutes. Immediately remove from cookie sheet. Allow to cool and fill thumbprints with jelly.