Thumbprint Cookies

MizzNezz's Note:

These cookies are one of the most requested. The kids love to help you make these. And they REALLY love to eat them!

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 20 cookies

• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg, separated
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup finely chopped nuts
• jelly

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350*.
2. Cream sugar, shortening, butter, vanilla and egg yolk.
3. Stir in flour and salt until dough holds together.
4. Shape into 1 inch balls.
5. Beat egg white slightly.
6. Dip each cookie ball in the egg white; roll in the nuts.
7. Place 1 inch apart on cookie sheet.
8. Press thumb deeply in center of each.
9. Bake until light brown, about 8-10 minutes.
10. Remove from cookie sheet, cool.
11. Fill thumbprints with jelly.

Reviews

[Karenm3]

really really good, I used all butter though and filled the thumbprints with melted white chocolate and butter mixture. 2 thumbs up

[cinderbunny]

delicious! i did however add 1 tsp of vanilla instead of 1/2 tsp which gave it a richer taste, the kids loved filling in their thumb prints with jelly!

[Charmed]

Although i have always made these with a shortbread-type dough (I use Ina Garten's recipe), I decided to try a brown sugar version and chose these as they were the highest rated here. I made both kinds, using chopped walnuts and strawberry jam. Honestly, I was somewhat disappointed in both the taste and texture. They were simply okay. Not only did I prefer the shortbread type, but so did the other 5 people I asked to try both and let me know what they thought. They all said that although these were okay, they really liked the other cookie better.