Thimble Cookies

Another old favorite of my mother's. A neighbour was making these when I was a child and I never got enough of them.

• Calories: 262 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup butter
• ¼ cup white sugar
• 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 1 egg white
• 1 egg yolk, beaten
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 cup (approx.) raspberry jam or jelly

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Cream butter and sugar; add yolk and lemon juice and beat well. Stir in flour until well blended.

Step 3

Form into 1 inch balls, dip into beaten egg white then into chopped nuts. Place on greased cookie sheet, make deep indentation in center of each cookie. Bake for 5 minutes, then quickly indent centers again, continue baking for 10 minutes.

Step 4

Fill center of each hot cookie with raspberry jam or jelly.