Best-Ever Thumb Print Cookies


Serves: 5
Total Calories: 957
Yield: 30 - 36 cookies

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 egg yolk (save whites)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 egg whites, slightly beaten
finely chopped nuts (1/2 cup)
Butter Cream Frosting
crabapple jelly or maraschino cherries
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Butter Cream Frosting:
1/3 cup butter
3 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 - 3 tablespoons milk

Directions:

Cream butter and brown sugar. Add yolks and vanilla; mix well. Stir in flour and salt. Roll into 1-inch balls. Dip each ball into egg whites then roll in chopped nuts. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 5 minutes at 375°. Make thumb print in center of each cookie. Bake 8 minutes longer. At Christmas, these are pretty filled with green Butter Cream Frosting and topped with a spoonful of crabapple jelly or a maraschino cherry.

Butter Cream Frosting:
Cream butter and sugar, stir in vanilla and add enough milk to make frosting smooth and of spreading consistency.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 5
Total Calories: 957
Calories from Fat: 428

This Best-Ever Thumb Print Cookies recipe is from the The Recipe Hall of Fame Desserts Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.




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