Low-fat Thumbprint Cookies

I made these cookies last Christmas with my son. Sooooo easy, sooooo fun, and sooooo good!

Ingredients:

* 1/4 cup butter, softened
* 1/2 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
* 1 egg
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
* 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/4 tsp salt
* 1/2 cup good-quality raspberry jam

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.

In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar together using an electric mixer. Add egg and vanilla, and mix until blended.

Whisk together flour and salt in a small bowl. Gradually add flour to wet ingredients, and mix with a wooden spoon, forming a large ball.

If the dough is sticky, refrigerate for an hour before proceeding. Otherwise, go ahead and form 1-inch balls and place them 1-inch apart on the cookie sheet, making a deep thumbprint in the center of each.

Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven. After one minute, place on a wire rack to cool. Ad a little raspberry jam to the center of each cookie.

Makes about 20 cookies.

Per Cookie: Calories 101, Calories from Fat 24, Total Fat 2.6g (sat 1.5g), Cholesterol 17mg, Sodium 37mg, Carbohydrate 17.8g, Fiber 0.4g, Protein 1.4g