Thumbprint Cookies
Leslie Clarke
Great Cookies to bake and use for a cookie swap. They look and taste great.
ingredients
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine -- softened
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg white
- 1 cup finely chopped nuts
- 5 tablespoons (about) jam or jelly (any flavor)
directions
- 1
Heat oven to 350°. Beat brown sugar, butter, shortening,
- 2
vanilla and egg yolk in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or
- 3
mix with spoon.
- 4
Stir in flour and salt.
- 5
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Beat egg white slightly with fork.
- 6
Dip each ball into egg white; roll in nuts. Place about 1 inch
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apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Press thumb into center of each
- 8
cookie to make indentation. Bake about 10 minutes or until light brown.
- 9
Quickly remake indentations with end of wooden spoon if necessary.
- 10
Remove cookies from cookie sheet to wire rack. Fill thumbprints
- 11
with about 1/2 measuring teaspoon jam.
notes
I have baked them with the jam and both ways turn out great.
Source: Leslie Clarke
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