Holiday Thumbprint Cookies

• 2 Land O Lakes Eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 cups finely chopped peanuts, almonds, pecans or walnuts
• Caramels, cut in half
• Chocolate stars
• Fruit preserves
• Maraschino cherries

1. Heat oven to 350F.
2. Separate eggs; place egg whites into bowl and egg yolks into bowl.
3. Beat egg whites with fork until foamy; set aside.
4. Place all remaining cookie ingredients in bowl with egg yolks.
5. Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until mixture forms a dough.
6. Shape rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into 1-inch balls.
7. Dip each into egg white; roll in nuts.
8. Place 1 inch apart onto lightly greased cookie sheets.
9. Make indentation in center of each cookie with thumb or back of teaspoon.
10. Bake 8 minutes.
11. Remove cookies from oven; fill centers with choice of filling.
12. Continue baking 6-10 minutes or until lightly browned.
13. Remove to cooling racks.
14. Cool completely.

eggs, flour, butter, brown sugar, vanilla, salt, peanuts, caramels, chocolate, fruit preserves, maraschino cherries

Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/2063/holiday-thumbprint-cookies (may not work)