Thimble Cookies

Another one of those recipes I’ve had and made for so long, I don’t remember where I got it from. I'm not sure who uses thimbles now, but I still have my grandmother's metal thimbles in my sewing basket and still think of her every time I see them.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• chopped nuts, about 2 cups, any kind you like
• Cream butter. Beat in egg yolks, (reserving whites for coating) sugar and salt.

1.  Add combined dry ingredients. 
2.  Shape into ball. Divide into quarters. Roll each piece into log and cut into 12 pieces.
3. Shape into small balls and dip into slightly beaten egg white, then into chopped nuts. 
4.  Place on parchment paper lined cookie sheet. 
5. Press a hole into the center of each ball, using a thimble. Repeat when half baked. 
6. Bake at 350 F for about 12 - 14 min. 
7. When baked, repeat the thimble press. Fill with jam or jelly. We like raspberry or apricot jam.

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