My Buddy, Fuscia, hosted a virtual cookie swap yesterday. Boo-hoo. I didn't make it over there yesterday. But, I am confident that if I take over a tray of my Mom's Thumbprint Cookies she will let me help her sweep up the crumbs and drink some left over tea.Mom's Thumbprint Cookies
3/4 cup BUTTER, softened (don't even think about using margarine)
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup flour
1 egg yolk
good jelly
good jelly
Cream the butter and the sugar until creamy. Add in the egg yolk. Beat in the flour. Easy Peasy. These are little, dainty cookies, so shape the dough into small balls. (I use the small Pampered Chef cookie scoop.) Make a small indentation with your pinky in each ball of dough. Fill the indentation with jelly. (My mom told me she kept our baby spoon for just this job!) Don't overfill the indentations or the jelly will cook out and burn to your pan. My favorite is apricot jam. :)
Bake at 350 for 8-12 minutes. They should be just golden brown on the bottom and barely colored on the top. You might have to adjust the baking time to get the "browness" you like.
Don't say I didn't warn you: These are small enough to pop a few in your mouth every time you walk past the cookie jar, so consider having your jaw wired before preheating the oven.
5 comments:
And just how many WW points are these!? Kidding!
Thanks for playing along. And, oh yes ma'am, I will offer my broom AND a spot 'o tea ;)
Did you Mr. Linky?
Buttah! Now that's what I'm talking about! Yum-o!
What a sweet name for a cookie! Nice to meet ya!
I have never made thumbprint cookies before, but have always wanted to. Maybe we'll give this recipe a try. Don't worry, I won't even think about using margarine, b/c I don't even buy that nasty stuff:)
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