Jewel cookies

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       Title: Jewel Cookies
  Categories: Cookies
       Yield: 2 servings
  
     1/2 c  Soft butter or margarine
     1/4 c  Brown sugar; firmly packed
       1    Egg yolk
       1 ts Vanilla
       1 c  Flour; sifted
       1    Egg white; slightly beaten
   1 1/4 c  Nuts; finely chopped
  
      Cream butter, sugar, egg yolk and vanilla until light and fluffy. Stir
   in flour until just combined. Refrigerate 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350~F.
   Using hands, roll dough into 1" balls. Dip in egg white, then roll in
   pecans. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake 5 minutes. Remove from
   oven and with the end of a wooden spoon, make a depression in the center of
   each cookie.  Return to the oven and bake another 8-10 min. until a
   delicate brown.  remove to a wire rack to cool. Fill indention with a dot
   of powdered sugar frosting. While still warm, place a rounded edge of a
   maraschino cherry in center.  Jelly may also be used in the centers.
      Margaret Garland DFYX18A  Source: Prize Winning Recipes from the State
   Fair of Texas, 1976.
  
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