Thumbprint Cookies
(from the kitchen of Evelyn McGhee)
1 cup butter
2 eggs, separated
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups chopped nuts
jellyCream butter and sugar. Beat in egg yolks. Sift together flour, soda and salt and add to sugar mixture. Form into balls the size of a walnut, dip in slightly-beaten egg whites, and roll in chopped nuts. Place on a greased cookie sheet and press down slightly in the center with your thumb. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and press down in center again. Bake another 10 minutes.
Just before serving, put a dab of jelly in the center of each cookie.