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.