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Birds Nest Cookies

Ingredients
  • 1 cup Crisco shortening
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 Eggs; separate yolks and whites
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1 cup chopped nuts
  • Raspberry Jam
Directions
  • Separate the eggs, set aside.
  • Cream all the ingredients together except the egg whites and raspberry jam.
  • Chill the dough for 2 hours. (the dough will be crumbly)
  • Roll the dough into small walnut size balls.
  • Beat egg whites until foamy, dipthe balls into the foamy egg whites.
  • Bake cookies at 350 for15 to 20 minutes.
  • Remove tray from oven and press a ..in the center of the cookie.
  • Fill hole with a half teaspoon of raspberry jam.

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