2/3 cup butter
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs, separated
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup Walnuts, Pecans or Hickory Nuts
1 jar Preserves or Fruit jam
In a mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer until softened. Add sugar, egg yolks, vanilla and half the flour. Beat until thoroughly combined, then beat in remaining flour. Cover and chill for one hour. Grease a cookie sheet and set aside. Slightly beat egg whites. Finely chop Nutmeats. Preheat oven to 375. Form dough into 1 inch balls. Roll each ball in egg whites, then in the chopped Nutmeats. Arrange 1 inch apart on cookie sheet. With your thumb, make an indentation in each cookie. Fill the centers with your favorite flavors of Preserves or jam.Bake 10-12 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet and cool on a wire rack. Makes about 40 cookies.
