Recipe: Thumbprint Cookies for Genie

Thumbprint Cookies

1 cup butter or margarine
3/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 1/2 cups flour (a little more if batter seems too thin)
finely chopped nuts, optional
Jam or Jelly

Beat butter with an electric mixer at medium speed until creamy. Add sugar and the next 3 ingredients, beating well. Chill dough 2 to 4 hours. Roll dough into small balls, then roll in the chopped nuts if using; place on lightly greased cookie sheets. Make an indention in the middle of each cookie and fill with jam or jelly. Bake at 300 degrees F for about 30 to 35 minutes.
Makes about 6 dozen.