½ cup sugar
½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
½ cup peanut butter
¼ cup shortening
¼ cup butter or margarine, softened
1 egg
1¼ cups self-rising flour
½ cup finely chopped peanuts
Any flavor jelly or jam

In a large mixing bowl, combine sugars, peanut butter, shortening, butter, and egg; beat until well blended.  Stir in flour until well blended.

Preheat oven to 375°F.  Lightly spray cookie sheets with non-stick vegetable spray.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in peanuts.  Place, 3-inches apart, on prepared cookie sheets; press thumb in the centers.

Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set.  Spoon a small amount of jelly into the thumbprint.  Cool for 2 minutes.  Remove from cookie sheets; cool completely on a wire rack.

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