Jelly & Jam Thumbprint Cookies

Jam and Jelly makes these little cookie real "gems".

• Ready In: 22 mins
• Yields: 24 cookies

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup margarine, softened
• 1⁄4 cup  packed brown sugar
• 1  egg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1  cup all-purpose flour
•  finely chopped  nuts
•  jelly

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
2. Grease cookie sheets.
3. Separate egg, reserving egg white.
4. Cream margarine, sugar, and egg yolk.
5. Add vanilla, flour and salt, mixing well.
6. Shape dough into balls.
7. Roll in egg white, then nuts.
8. Place on cookie sheets about 2 inches apart.
9. Bake for 5 minutes.
10. Remove cookies from oven.
11. With thumb, dent each cookie.
12. Put jelly or preserves in each thumbprint.
13. Bake for another 8 minutes.