Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter or margarine, softened
- ¼ cup shortening
- ¼ cup brown sugar (packed)
- 1 egg, separated
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup all-purpose flour*
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup finely chopped nuts
- Jelly or tinted Confectioners’ Sugar
- Icing
Directions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix thoroughly butter, shortening, sugar, egg yolk and vanilla.
- Work in flour and salt until dough holds together.
- Shape dough by teaspoonfuls into 1-inch balls.
- Beat egg white slightly.
- Dip each ball into egg white; roll in nuts.
- Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet; press thumb deeply into center of each.
- Bake about 10 minutes or until light brown.
- Immediately remove from baking sheet; cool.
- Fill thumbprints with jelly.
*If using self-rising flour, omit salt.