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Thumbprint Cookies

Thumbprint Cookies

These delightful treats are a welcome addition to any cookie tray. The colorful bites are filled with your favorite jelly.

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(58 Ratings)

58 Ratings

5 spoons 66%

4 spoons 16%

3 spoons 7%

2 spoons 3%

1 spoons 9%

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  • PREP TIME

    40 Min

  • TOTAL TIME

    1 Hr 20 Min

  • SERVINGS

    3

 

1/4
cup packed brown sugar
1/4
cup shortening
1/4
cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2
teaspoon vanilla
1
egg, separated
1
cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1/4
teaspoon salt
3/4
cup finely chopped nuts
Jelly
  • 1 Heat oven to 350ºF.
  • 2 Mix brown sugar, shortening, butter, vanilla and egg yolk in medium bowl. Stir in flour and salt until dough holds together.
  • 3 Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Beat egg white slightly. Dip each ball into egg white. Roll in nuts. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Press thumb deeply in center of each.
  • 4 Bake about 10 minutes or until light brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Fill thumbprints with jelly.
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Expert Tips

These cookies were often called Thimble Cookies in older cookbooks because bakers used a thimble to make the indentation.

You'll be done in a flash if you use a food processor to chop the nuts.

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Nutrition Information:

Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Serving)
  • Calories 85
    • (Calories from Fat 45 ),
  • Total Fat 5 g
    • (Saturated Fat 1 g,
  • Cholesterol 10 mg;
  • Sodium 30 mg;
  • Total Carbohydrate 9 g
    • (Dietary Fiber 0g,
  • Protein 1 g;
Percent Daily Value*:
  • Vitamin A 0.00%;
  • Vitamin C 0.00%;
  • Calcium 0.00%;
  • Iron 2.00%;
Exchanges:
  • 1/2 Starch;
  • 1 Fat;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 12/17/2011 4:55:13 PM REPORT ABUSE Dolfin1978 said:
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I just made these and wanted to give my two cents. Really easy to make, but I changed a few things. I took another persons advise and tripled teh reciped and used all butter. I dropped them by the spoonful instead of rolling into a ball and did not use the whites or nuts. My inpression was made with a round 1/2 tsp dipped in flour so it wouldn't stick. And lastly, I added the jelly before baking. Wonderful!!
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Posted 12/11/2011 9:29:04 PM REPORT ABUSE espanolchica11 said:
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I just made these cookies for the first time and they are delicious!! I used all butter and no shortening. They do not look quite like the picture but still yummy. I suggest tripling the recipe. Each batch makes maybe a dozen cookies
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Posted 1/12/2011 8:43:57 PM REPORT ABUSE cwgrl_baker said:
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I have been using this recipe..ish... for years :) instead of rolling n anything, I just pop 'em n the oven, and fill with a homemade chocolate frosting... mm!!!
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