Thumbprint Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 cups flour
• chopped nuts

Preparation

1. Separate egg yolks from whites
2. Set egg whites aside
3. Mix together all ingredients except egg whites and chopped nuts
4. Form dough into balls
5. Beat egg whites in a bowl and pour into shallow dish
6. Put chopped nuts in a shallow dish
7. Roll or dip balls into egg whites, then nuts
8. Place balls on baking sheet
9. Bake for 5 minutes
10. Remove from oven and put a thumbprint in each cookie
11. Put cookies back in oven and bake until light brown on bottom (about 5 minutes)
12. Remove and cool.
13. Fill thumbprint with red or green colored Powdered Sugar Frosting

Baking Directions

• 350 degree for 10 - 12 minutes

Notes & Memories

• Makes about 50 cookies
• Carolin likes these

Green Unbaked Holly Cookies (Christmas Wreaths)

Ingredients

• 1 stick margarine
• 30 marshmallows
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 1½ teaspoons green food coloring
• 3½ teaspoons Post Toasties or Corn Flakes
• 1 bag red hots

Preparation

1. Melt margarine and marshmallows in double boiler
2. Add vanilla and food coloring
3. Mix in Post Toasties or Corn Flakes
4. Drop a heaping teaspoonful of the the mixture on well greased cookie sheet. Don't press down.
5. Add 3 red hots to each cookie (Have to work fast.)
6. Let cool.

Notes & Memories

• Looks very pretty on a tray of cookies.
• A favorite of Carolin.