Thimble Cookies - healthyflax.com

Thimble Cookies
½ cup butter (125mL)
¼ cup granulated sugar (50mL)
1 large egg, separated
1 ½ tsp. vanilla (1mL)
1 cup unbleached all purpose flour (250mL)
2 tbsp. whole flaxseed (25mL)
1/3 cup ground flaxseed (75mL)
¼ cup jam or jelly (50mL)

• Preheat oven to 350º F (180º C).
• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat egg yolk and vanilla. Add to creamed mixture. Stir well.
• Add flour and whole flaxseed into creamed mixture. Mix well.
• Roll into small balls.
• In a small bowl, whisk egg white until frothy.
• Dip cookies in egg white and roll in ground flaxseed.
• Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and dent the centre with a thimble or your finger.
• Bake 5 minutes.
• Dent cookies again and continue to bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until cracks around edges are dry looking and bottoms are lightly browned.
• Remove from sheet, cool and fill centres with jam or jelly using slightly rounded ¼ tsp. (1 mL) measure.
Yield: 24 cookies 1 ¾ inches (4 cm)
Serving Size: 2 cookies
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Single Serving Nutrient Values
Calories
157.87
Protein
2.37
g
Carbohydrate
16.46
g
Fiber
1.21
g
Fat
Saturated
Monounsaturated
Polyunsaturated
Cholesterol
9.84
5.71
2.87
.78
39.31
g
g
g
g
mg
Folate
16.34
mcg
Potassium
33.15
mg
Sodium
88.31
mg