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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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Prep Time 40 min
Total Time 1 hr 20 min
Servings 3

Ingredients

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

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Directions

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.

EXPERT TIPS

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 PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 85
Calories from Fat: 45 ),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 5 g; 5 %
(Saturated Fat 1 g, 1 % ),
Cholesterol: 10 mg; 10 %;
Sodium: 30 mg; 30 %;
Total Carbohydrate: 9 g; 9 %
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% ),
Protein: 1 g; 1 %

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 2%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 1 Fat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 12/19/2012 12:19:32 AM REPORT ABUSE chopsueyd said:

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Cookies too dry and crumbly!

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Posted 12/16/2012 7:50:02 AM REPORT ABUSE sallah said:

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These thumbprints were SO DRY!!! I have made thumbprints for years and lost my recscipe, so I thought I would look it up. I was very disappointed. Will never make again!

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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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