---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

     Title: Thumbprint Buttercreams
Categories: Cookies
     Yield: 1 servings

     1 c  Shortening
   1/2 c  Brown sugar
     2    Egg yolks
     1 ts Vanilla
     2 c  Flour; sifted
   1/2 ts Salt

    Mix ingredients well, then roll into small balls. Dip each ball into
 beaten egg white that has been beaten stiff, then into nuts. Bake for 5
 minutes at 350 .  Take out and press thumb in middle. Bake 8 minutes
 longer.  When cool, fill with buttercream icing.

-----