Peanut Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. butter
1/4 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg, separated
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt

Preparation

Blend butter and sugar in bowl.
Stir in egg yolk and vanilla. Sift flour and salt into bowl.
Mix well.
Chill.
Roll in balls. Dip in slightly beaten egg white and roll in nuts.
Place 1-inch apart on cookie sheet.
Bake in 350\u00b0 oven.
After 5 minutes, press thumb in center of each cookie.
Bake 5 minutes longer.
Cool. Fill with frosting and garnish with peanut M&M's.
Use red and green ones for Christmas.
Use Confectioners Sugar Icing.