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Thumprint Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3/4 cup margarine
3/4 cup sugar
2 egg yolks
2 egg whites, separated
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
2 cups flour
Chopped almond or pecans
Jam or cut maraschino cherries
Directions:
Directions:
Cream margarine & sugar. Add egg yolks, vanilla, & almond. Add flour. Mix well. Shape into balls.

Mix egg white with 1 tsp water & beat.

Roll balls in the egg white mixture & then in chopped nuts. Push your thumb into the middle & fill with part of a cherry or jam.

Bake at 350º for 15 minutes.

 

 

 

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