THUMBPRINT COOKIES II

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Small, delicious cookies with a small indentation filled with jam or preserves. Use your favorite nuts to coat the cookies.

Provided by Kathleen Dickerson

Categories     Desserts     Cookies     Thumbprint Cookie Recipes

Time 43m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 8

½ cup butter, room temperature
¼ cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ cup finely chopped pecans
⅓ cup apricot preserves

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets or line them with parchment paper.
  • Separate the egg, reserving the egg white. Mix the butter and brown sugar; beat in the egg yolk. Stir in the vanilla. Mix in the flour and salt, stirring until well blended.
  • Lightly beat the egg white.
  • Shape the dough into balls. Roll in beaten egg white, then nuts. Place the cookies on the baking sheets about 2 inches apart. Bake in the preheated oven for 5 minutes.
  • Remove cookies from oven. With thumb, dent each cookie. Put jelly or preserves in each thumbprint. Bake for another 8 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 202.5 calories, Carbohydrate 19.3 g, Cholesterol 35.8 mg, Fat 13.6 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 2.4 g, SaturatedFat 5.5 g, Sodium 113.8 mg, Sugar 8.7 g

Sabbir Shorif
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These cookies are delicious! I love the way the jam filling oozes out when you bite into them.


M N khan
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I've been making these cookies for years and they're always a hit. They're the perfect combination of sweet and tart.


Ronald Serrano
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These cookies are a classic for a reason. They're easy to make and always a crowd-pleaser.


Hannifu Shyman
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I love these cookies! They're so simple to make and they always turn out perfect.


cyrille fotsing
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These cookies were easy to make and turned out great! I used strawberry jam and they were delicious.


STAR Cameron
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I made these cookies for a party and they were a huge hit! Everyone loved them.


Islom Ergashev
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These cookies are so good! The dough is soft and chewy and the jam filling is sweet and tart. I love the way the cookies look with the jam peeking out of the top.


Ja'Leah Rice
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I've made these cookies several times and they always turn out great. They're a great recipe to have on hand for when you need a quick and easy dessert.


Anas Kamran
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These cookies were a hit with my family! They're so easy to make and taste delicious. I love that you can use any kind of jam or jelly to fill them. I used raspberry jam and they were perfect.