Thumbprint Cookies-Joyce Z.

1/2 cup margarine

1/4 cup brown sugar, packed

1 egg

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup finely chopped nuts

Jelly

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix margarine, sugar, egg yolk and vanilla thoroughly. Blend flour and salt; stir in. Roll dough into balls (1 teaspoon per ball). Beat egg whites slightly with fork. Dip in egg white. Roll in nuts. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet; press thumb gently in cneter of each. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set. Cool. Fill thumbprint with jelly. Makes about 3 dozen thumbprints.