Classic Thumbprint Cookies

• 1 cup Butter, Softened
• 1/2 cups Brown Sugar, Packed
• 2 whole Eggs, Separated
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 2 cups Flour
• 1-1/2 cup Pecans, Finely Chopped
• Icing, Jam Or Jelly, To Fill The "thumbprint"

1. Mix softened butter, brown sugar, egg yolks, vanilla and salt until well combined. Add flour and stir to combine.
2. Roll dough into one-inch balls. Dip balls in slightly beaten egg whites and then roll in finely chopped pecans. Place on parchment-lined cookie sheets about one inch apart.
3. Bake at 350 degrees for five minutes. Remove cookie sheets from the oven and add a thumbprint with a spoon. Return cookies to the oven and bake for eight minutes longer.
4. Place cookies on a wire rack to cool. Once cookies have cooled completely, fill print with powdered sugar icing, jam or jelly.
5. Yields approximately 3 dozen cookies.
6. Note: the underside of a teaspoon works beautifully for adding the print to the cookie.

butter, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, salt, flour, pecans, icing

Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/classic-thumbprint-cookies/ (may not work)