Thumbprint Cookies

• 1/2 cup 100 mL butter, softened
• 1/4 cup 50 mL packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon 2.4 mL vanilla extract
• 1 cup 200 mL all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup 50 mL finely chopped walnuts
• 2/3 cup 150 mL any flavor fruit jam
• 1/4 teaspoon 1.2 mL salt

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F 150 C . Grease cookie sheets.

Separate egg, reserving egg white. Cream butter or margarine, sugar, and egg yolk.

Add vanilla, flour and salt, mixing well.

Shape dough into balls. Roll in egg white, then walnuts. Place on cookie sheets about 2 inches apart. Bake for 5 minutes.

Remove cookies from oven. With thumb, dent each cookie. Put jelly or preserves in each thumbprint. Bake for another 15 minutes.