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Thimble Cookies (Christmas Cookies)
 
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Prep Time: 25 Minutes
Cook Time: 14 Minutes
Ready In: 39 Minutes
Servings: 10
Cookies with jam in the center.
Ingredients:
1 lb butter
1 cup white sugar
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 cups flour
1 cup walnuts
jam or jelly
Directions:
1. Mix flour and sugar together; add vanilla, egg yolks and butter.
2. Mix well; roll into a large ball.
3. Save the egg whites in a small bowl.
4. Crush the walnuts as fine as you can.
5. Roll dough into small balls (about a heaping tablespoon full.
6. Roll these small balls in the egg whites.
7. Then roll them in the crushed walnuts.
8. Place on greased cookie sheet.
9. Poke a hole in the middle about half way through with a thimble, or something around the same size.
10. Place in the oven at 350°F for 7 minutes, then repoke the hole.
11. Place back in the oven for 7 more minutes or until golden brown.
12. Then fill in the hole with jam or jelly.
13. Let cool.
By RecipeOfHealth.com