Thumbprint Cookies II

Small, delicious cookies with a small indentation filled with jam or preserves. Use your favorite nuts to coat the cookies.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 13 mins
• Total Time: 43 mins
• Calories: 203 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ cup packed brown sugar
• ½ cup butter, room temperature
• ⅓ cup apricot preserves
• ¾ cup finely chopped pecans

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets or line them with parchment paper.

Step 2

Separate the egg, reserving the egg white. Mix the butter and brown sugar; beat in the egg yolk. Stir in the vanilla. Mix in the flour and salt, stirring until well blended.

Step 3

Lightly beat the egg white.

Step 4

Shape the dough into balls. Roll in beaten egg white, then nuts. Place the cookies on the baking sheets about 2 inches apart. Bake in the preheated oven for 5 minutes.

Step 5

Remove cookies from oven. With thumb, dent each cookie. Put jelly or preserves in each thumbprint. Bake for another 8 minutes.