Jewel Cookies

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Title: Jewel Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 2 servings

1/2 c Soft butter or margarine
1/4 c Brown sugar; firmly packed
1 Egg yolk
1 ts Vanilla
1 c Flour; sifted
1 Egg white; slightly beaten
1 1/4 c Nuts; finely chopped

Cream butter, sugar, egg yolk and vanilla until light and fluffy. Stir
in flour until just combined. Refrigerate 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350~F.
Using hands, roll dough into 1" balls. Dip in egg white, then roll in
pecans. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake 5 minutes. Remove from
oven and with the end of a wooden spoon, make a depression in the center of
each cookie. Return to the oven and bake another 8-10 min. until a
delicate brown. remove to a wire rack to cool. Fill indention with a dot
of powdered sugar frosting. While still warm, place a rounded edge of a
maraschino cherry in center. Jelly may also be used in the centers.
Margaret Garland DFYX18A Source: Prize Winning Recipes from the State
Fair of Texas, 1976.

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