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Thumbprint Cookies

Thumbprint Cookies

I think of thumbprint cookies as Christmas cookies because that is when my family would make them, but the truth is that they are popular cookies any time of the year.
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 30 mins
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 12 Servings
Calories 132 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg white, beaten
  • 1/2 cup walnuts, or pecans, finely chopped
  • 1/3 cup jam, or glace cherries for the thumbprint hollow

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 325ºF.
  • Cream the butter and sugar. Add the egg yolk, flour and vanilla. Shape into small balls.
  • Dip the balls into the egg white. Roll in nuts. Lay the cookie ball on a baking sheet. Press it down, making an indentation in the center with your thumb or finger.
  • When baked fill the center of each cookie with jam.
  • Bake at 325ºF for 10 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 132kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 3gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 20mgPotassium: 63mgFiber: 1gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 40IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 23mgIron: 1mg
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