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Thumbprint Cookies

List of Ingredients





1 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups flour
1/8 tsp salt
1 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup apricot jam



Recipe




Preheat oven to 300*. Separate eggs, reserving whites. Cream
butter, egg yolks, vanilla and sugar until well blended. Stir in flour and
salt, mixing well. Roll dough into walnut-size balls. Roll in egg white
and then in chopped nuts. Place on greased baking sheets. Bake for 5
minutes; remove from oven. Make an indentation in the top of each cookie
with your thumb and fill with a bit of apricot jam. Return cookies to oven
and bake an additional 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned and set.