Spice'N' Nut Thumbprints

Name: Spice'N' Nut Thumbprints
Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 each eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 3/4 cups flour, all-purpose; 1/2 cup pecans ground; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/4 cup fruit jam

8 ingredients

12 steps

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 each eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups flour, all-purpose
1/2 cup pecans ground
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup fruit jam

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
2

Cream butter and sugar in mixer bowl until light and fluffy.
3

Beat in egg and vanilla.
4

Add 1/2 of flour; mix well.
5

Add remaining flour, nuts and cinnamon; mix well.
6

Shape dough into 1 inch balls.
7

Place 1 inch apart on unbuttered cookie sheets.
8

Lightly press center of each ball with thumb, or the handle of a wooden spoon, leaving cup-like indention.
9

Fill each indention with about 1/4 teaspoons jam.
10

Bake 18 min.
11

or until lightly browned around edges.
12

Transfer to wire racks; cool completely.