Thumbprint cookies

Makes 3 dozen cookies.

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Ingredients

• ¼ teaspoon salt

• 1 cup flour

• ¾ cup finely chopped walnuts

• Raspberry jelly

• ½ cup butter

• ¼ cup packed light brown sugar

• 1 egg, separated

• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

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1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

2. Cream together butter, sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla extract.

3. Add in salt, then flour.

4. Beat egg white with a fork.

5. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Dip in egg white, then chopped nuts and place on an ungreased baking sheet. Press thumb gently in the middle of each cookie.

6. Bake 10-12 minutes.

7. As soon as they come out of the oven, put a teaspoon of jelly in the thumbprint of each. Then move to a wire rack.