Thimble Cookies (Christmas Cookies) - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 lb butter
    1 cup white sugar
    4 eggs
    2 teaspoons vanilla
    4 cups flour
    1 cup walnuts
    jam or jelly
Preparation
    Mix flour and sugar together; add vanilla, egg yolks and butter.
    Mix well; roll into a large ball.
    Save the egg whites in a small bowl.
    Crush the walnuts as fine as you can.
    Roll dough into small balls (about a heaping tablespoon full.
    Roll these small balls in the egg whites.
    Then roll them in the crushed walnuts.
    Place on greased cookie sheet.
    Poke a hole in the middle about half way through with a thimble, or something around the same size.
    Place in the oven at 350\u00b0F for 7 minutes, then repoke the hole.
    Place back in the oven for 7 more minutes or until golden brown.
    Then fill in the hole with jam or jelly.
    Let cool.

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