Merry Thumbprint Cookies
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Friday, December 4, 2009 - 1:32pm

Ingredients




1/4 recipe basic sugar cookie dough
2 egg whites
3/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
jam or jelly

Preparation

1 Heat oven to 350 degrees. Shape dough into 3/4" balls. Beat egg whites slightly. Dip balls into egg whites, roll in walnuts. Place about 1" apart on un-greased cookie sheet. 2 Press thumb or finger gently into center of each cookie. Bake until set, 10 to 12 minutes; cool. Fill thumbprint with jam.