Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- ½ cup white sugar
- 2 eggs, separated yolks and whites
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups chopped pecans
Directions
- Separate the eggs. Chop the nuts finely.
- Cream together 1 cup softened butter and sugar. Add the yolks, and beat well. Add the flour, and mix well.
- Make small balls out of dough. Roll balls in egg white, and then in the nuts. Place balls on greased cookie sheets, and press centre of cookie with thumb. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 8 minutes. Press centre of cookie again, bake until lightly browned 4 to 6 minutes. Cool cookies on racks.
- Fill the middle with your favourite jam.
