Birds Nest Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 lb butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 3 eggs, separated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• chopped walnuts or flaked coconut

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and brown sugar.
• 2 add egg yolks and vanilla.
• 3 sift flour and salt and stir until combined.
• 4 roll teaspoonful of dough into balls.
• 5 dip in slightly beaten egg and roll in finely chopped nuts or flaked coconut.
• 6 place on ungreased baking sheet and press thumb into center of each. you can also you the handle of a wooden spoon.
• 7 bakeat 350 deg. f. for 5 minutes, indent again. bake 8-10 minutes more.
• 8 cool then fill with candied cherries or assorted jams or jellies.