Thimble Cookies (christmas Cookies)

Total Time: 39 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 cups flour
• 1 cup walnuts
• jam or jelly

Recipe

• 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.