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Mom's Thumbprint Cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound butter softened
  • 1 ½ c. confectioner's sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 4 1/2-5 c. flour
  • pinch of salt
  • jam to fill with
  • sprinkles optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350. line pans with parchment paper.
  • Beat butter, sugar and vanilla.
  • Add salt.
  • ift the flour and add. I only needed the 4 1/2c.
  • Chill 40 mins.
  • Pinch off small chunks of dough and roll into balls. Indent top with thumb and add drop of jam.
  • Bake approx. 15-20 mins.
  • When cool top with powdered sugar. optional: roll dough in egg white and sprinkles before filling with jam!