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Thumbprint Cookies
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 ½ cups flour
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 eggs, separated
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup pecans, finely chopped
- your choice flavored preserves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer until softened. Add sugar, egg yolks, vanilla and half of the flour. Beat until thoroughly combined, then beat in remaining flour. Cover and chill for one hour.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Slightly beat egg whites. Finely chop nuts. Form dough into 1” balls. Roll each ball in egg whites, then in the chopped nuts. Arrange 1” apart on cookie sheet. With your thumb or the end of a wooden spoon, make an indentation in each cookie. Bake 10-12 minutes.
- Remove cookies from cookie sheet and cool. Fill in the centers with your favorite preserves.
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