Buttery Thumbprint Cookies
photo by sherrygaray
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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24 cookies
ingredients
directions
- Chocolate Frosting: Combine sugar, cocoa and milk in heavy saucepan.
- Bring to a boil and boil 1 1/2 to 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla.
- Beat until mixture is of spreading consistency.
- You may want to refrigerate for a little while.
- Cookies: Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- Cream butter; gradually add sugar beating until light and fluffy.
- Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Combine flour and salt and add to creamed mixture, mixing well.
- Chill until dough holds shape when rolled.
- Roll into 1" balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Press thumb in each cookie leaving an indentation.
- Bake at 300 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.
- Do not brown.
- Cool on wire rack.
- When cool place about 1/2 tsp chocolate frosting in each cookie indentation.
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Reviews
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I wanted a really buttery thumbprint cookie, but with the egg yolk which I felt would be important to bind the cookie. I tripled the recipe and used jam in the center and drizzled with cream cheese frosting I warmed in the microwave. These cookies came out perfectly. I really liked this recipe and I read ALL the other thumbprint recipes and this was in my opinion the Best!!!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Luby Luby Luby
Lafayette, LA
Living in the south we are very lucky to have an abundance of fresh seafood and other ingredients at our disposal when trying new recipes. My husband and I both love to cook and have learned a lot about cooking from our native Louisianian, Paul Prudhomme (we learned to be very careful with his recipes as they are very spicy - even for us), native New Orleanian, Frank Davis and transplanted Emeril Lagasse. It would be very difficult to pick an all time favorite cookbook since I have approximately 200. I enjoy collecting local cookbooks as well as others from different areas. This picture is obviously when DH and I got married. I cooked all the food and even made my wedding cake.