CUPID'S THUMBPRINTS
Makes 18 cookies

1/2 cup soy margarine*
5 tablespoons brown sugar
1 egg or egg replacer**
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 to 1/2 cup sesame seeds
Red raspberry (or strawberry) jam

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Mix the margarine, brown sugar, egg and vanilla until smooth in a large bowl.

In a second bowl, mix flour, salt and baking soda. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients until blended; do not over-stir.

Roll each spoonful of dough into a ball and roll it in the sesame seeds. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet, and press thumb into the center of each ball.

Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until brown on the bottom. Fill indents in the warm cookies with jam and cool on a wire rack.

*Soy margarine is sold under several brand names at health-food stores; it is also sold in most supermarkets under the brand name I Can't Believe It's Not Butter.

**Several egg replacements are sold in stores; use as directed.

**TWO WAYS TO MAKE EGG REPLACER AT HOME:
Mix 1/2 cup each arrowroot flour and potato flour (sold at health-food stores). Keep it refrigerated in an airtight container. To use, remove 1 tablespoon of the flour mixture and mix with 2 tablespoons water: This equals 1 egg.

A second way to make egg replacer is to buy flaxseed and grind it well in a spice grinder or blender. Mix 3 tablespoons ground flaxseed with 1/2 cup cold water: This equals 2 eggs.

Adapted from source: Cookin' Southern Vegetarian Style by Ann Jackson