Christmas Cookies: Thumbprints

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, room temp

1/3 c sugar

1 egg, separated

1/4 t vanilla

1/4 t almond

1 c sifted flour

1/2 t salt

4/4 c chopped walnuts

1/2 c apricot jam

Method:

1.Preheat oven to 300 degrees F

2. Cream butter

3. Beat in egg yolk and flavorings

4. Add in flour sifted with salt

5. Form into 36 small balls (I never can make it to 36...)

6. Dip in egg white and roll in walnuts

7. Place on parchment covered cookie sheet and press your thumb in the middle of each ball.

8.  Bake for 25 minutes

9.  Add a dollop of jam while cookies are still warm

Since I don't have the fancy "jump to recipe" button so I thought I'd put my description after in case you don't care - hah!

This is my maternal grandmother's recipe and it's just the BEST.  I don't have a sweet tooth, but these cookie are my weakness.  I'm thankful for the FASTer Way where I can plan to eat a bunch on treat day without guilt!

It's super easy to make them gluten free - just swap the regular flour with gluten free 1:1 flour.  They taste exactly the same!