Thumbprint Cookies

Name: Thumbprint Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 42 min
Yield: 3 dozen
Ingredients: 1/2 cup shortening (part butter or margarine); 1/4 cup brown sugar (packed); 1 egg, separated; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; 1 cup gold metal flour; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 3/4 cup finely chopped nuts; jelly or tinted confectioners sugar icing

Submitted by DoryJean54

"The original recipe from the first edition 1963 Betty Crocker cookbook. This is a family favorite to make every Christmas. Nut-rich...the thumb dents filled with a sparkling jelly. Putting on here for safe keeping."

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Ready In:: 42mins
Ingredients:: 8
Yields:: 3 dozen

ingredients

¹⁄₂ cup shortening (part butter or margarine)
¹⁄₄ cup brown sugar (packed)
1 egg, separated
¹⁄₂ teaspoon vanilla
1 cup gold metal flour
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
³⁄₄ cup finely chopped nuts
jelly or tinted confectioners sugar icing

directions

Heat oven to 350°F (mod).
Mix shortening, sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla thoroughly.
Measure flour by dipping method or by sifting.
Blend together flour and salt; stir into shortening mixture.
Roll dough into balls (1 teaspoons per ball).
Beat egg white slightly with fork.
Dip balls in egg white. Roll in nuts.
Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet; press thumb gently in center of each.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until set. Cool.
Fill thumbprints with jelly or tinted icing.