Sweet Indulgence
Thumbprint Cookies
Ingredients
Servings: 12 / Yield: 2 dozen
- ½ cup butter softened
- ¼ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup finely chopped walnuts
- â…” cup any flavor fruit jam
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
- Grease cookie sheets.
- Separate the egg, reserving the egg white.
- Cream butter or margarine, sugar, and egg yolk.
- Add vanilla, flour, and salt, mixing well.
- Shape the dough into balls.
- Roll in egg white, then walnuts.
- Place on cookie sheets about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 5 minutes.
- Remove cookies from the oven.
- With your thumb, dent each cookie.
- Put jelly or preserves in each thumbprint.
- Bake for another 8 minutes.
Notes & Wine Advice
Nutrition Facts Per Serving:
- Calories: 194.6
- Protein: 2.1g (4% DV)
- Carbohydrates: 25g (8% DV)
- Fat: 9.8g (15% DV)
- Cholesterol: 35.8mg (12% DV)
- Sodium: 116mg (5% DV)