fruit thumbprint cookies

Name: Fruit Thumbprint Cookies
Ingredients: 1/2 cup(s) butter softened; 1/4 cup(s) packed brown sugar; 1 - egg; 1/2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 1 cup(s) all purpose; 2/3 cup(s) any flavor of jam or preserves; 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt

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Helen Hevener

Staunton, VA

Updated on Aug 23, 2011

very tastey- very easy to make!!!

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Ingredients

1/2 cup butter softened
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 - egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all purpose
2/3 cup any flavor of jam or preserves
1/4 teaspoon salt

How To Make fruit thumbprint cookies

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Grease cookie sheets.

Step 2

Seperate the egg from the yolk- hold back egg white.
Step 3

Cream butter, sugar and egg yolk.
Step 4

Add vanilla extract, flour and salt. Mix really well.
Step 5

Shape dough into balls - rolls balls in the egg whites. Place dough on cookie sheets about 2 inches apart.
Step 6

Bake for 5 minutes.
Step 7

Remove cookies from oven- press thumb into the center of each cookie- then fill the thumbprint with your choice of preserves or jam.
Step 8

Bake another 8 minutes until lightly browned.
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