Italian Thumbprint Cookies

"My mom used to make these and fill them with grape or strawberry jelly. Now, I make them for the Christmas cookie trays with a red or green maraschino cherry or a Hershey's kiss pressed into the thumbprint."
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
24
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cream together margarine and sugar.
  • Add salt, lightly beaten egg yolks, vanilla, and almond extract, and mix thoroughly.
  • Gradually add flour and stir until well blended.
  • Roll dough into one inch balls.
  • Beat egg whites until frothy.
  • Dip dough balls into egg whites and roll in chopped nuts.
  • Place on cookie sheet about two inches apart and press a deep thrumbprint into each center.
  • Bake at 350 degrees 10-12 minutes.
  • While cookies are still warm, fill thumbprints with jelly or press a maraschino cherry or Hershey's kiss into the thumbprint.

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Reviews

  1. i made these for the cookie tray for my niece's wedding. they are delicious. i used butter instead of margarine. i am allergic to walnuts, so i used hazelnuts for half of them and the other half i rolled in coconut. wonderful! i also did some in crushed macadamia nuts-to die for.
     
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  1. i made these for the cookie tray for my niece's wedding. they are delicious. i used butter instead of margarine. i am allergic to walnuts, so i used hazelnuts for half of them and the other half i rolled in coconut. wonderful! i also did some in crushed macadamia nuts-to die for.
     

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