1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 egg, separated

Pinch of salt

1 cup sifted flour

11/2 cups chopped nuts

Jam, jelly, or marmalade

Cream butter, sugar, and salt; add egg yolk and beat. Add flour and beat until smooth. Form into small balls; dip in egg white; roll in chopped nutmeats. Make a small depression in center of each ball. Bake about 15 minutes in slow oven (325 degrees). When cool, put jelly, jam, or marmalade in the depressions.

Yield: 3 dozen cookies

Source: Sylvia Wedul Pecsenye

First Published November 26, 2001, 5:31 p.m.