Jelly & Jam Thumbprint Cookies - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
Grease cookie sheets.
Separate egg, reserving egg white.
Cream margarine, sugar, and egg yolk.
Add vanilla, flour and salt, mixing well.
Shape dough into balls.
Roll in egg white, then nuts.
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 8 minutes.