Easy Quick Thumbprint Cookies

Submitted by GSCook

"These cookies are so easy and so delicious! You start with a quick bread mix and come out with a soft, not too sweet piece of heaven! My mom made these for years for our Christmas cookie tray and now I am taking over the tradition!"

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 40 cookies
• Serves: 40

ingredients

• 1 (15 1/2 ounce) box pillsbury nut bread mix
• 1⁄3 cup milk
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese (softened)
• 1⁄3 - 1⁄2 cup apricot preserves (or jam, seedless works best) or 1/3-1/2 cup raspberry preserves (or jam, seedless works best)
• 2 tablespoons butter (melted)
• 1 tablespoon hot water
• 1 teaspoon hot water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup powdered sugar

directions

1. Mix the nut bread mix with the milk and cream cheese to form a dough.
2. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place on greased cookie sheet 2 inches apart.
3. Make an indentation in the center of the ball with your thumb and place 1/2 teaspoon of preserves or jam into the indentation.
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned.
5. Cool 1 minute on baking sheet then remove to rack to cool completely.
6. Glaze: Melt butter in microwave safe bowl then add vanilla and hot water. Mix in powedered sugar and stir until smooth. Drizzle glaze over cookies in a back and forth manner to create glazed stripes on top of the cookies. Allow glaze to harden -- Enjoy!