How to make granny's thumbprint cookies

Get sugar and crisco + butter or butter flavored crisco.

Stir it together..

Separate egg, save white.

Add egg yolk and vaniller

Whoosh it in!

Measure out oats

Mix with flour

Add into the other stuff

There are too many people in my kitchen!

Flatten it out

And create about 1inch balls..

Bam

Dip in the egg white

Roll balls in nuts and make a thumbprint and form it so its still round... You're gonna love my nuts...

You can also roll them in chocolate jimmies. They rustle my jimmies.

Likea that.

Spoon in your fruit preserves

Nom

Ohh yes!

Bake 12-15 minutes at 350 degrees.

In those 15 minutes shovel the children off of your driveway from that crazy storm..

The most comforting feeling in the world.

ta-da! You have the best cookie ever.