Bird'S Nest Cookies

• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon grated orange rind
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups finely chopped pecans
• Grape jelly

1. Cream butter in a large mixing bowl; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks, beating well. Add lemon rind, juice, orange rind, vanilla, and salt; mix well. Sift flour; add to creamed mixture, mixing well.
2. Shape into 1-inch balls. Dip each ball in egg whites, and roll in pecans. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets; bake at 350u0b0 for 5 minutes.
3. Remove cookie sheets from oven, and quickly make an indention in the center of each cookie with the end of a wooden spoon handle. Return to oven, and bake an additional 8 minutes. Cool slightly on cookie sheets; remove cookies to wire racks, and cool completely. Fill the center of each cookie with jelly.

butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, lemon rind, lemon juice, orange rind, vanilla, salt, flour, pecans, grape jelly

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/birds-nest-cookies (may not work)