Red Raspberry Cream Cheese Thumbprints
By
Hope Vaillancourt
@MissHopie87
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Ingredients
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1/2 cbrown sugar
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1/2 cshortening
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1/2 cbutter
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1 tspvanilla extract
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2 largeeggs, separated
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2 call-purpose flour
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1/2 tspsalt
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3/4 cchopped walnuts
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3/4 cchopped pecans
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·***red raspberry preserves
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CREAM CHEESE FILLING:
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1 pkgcream cheese, softened
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4 1/2 Tbspgranulated sugar
How to Make Red Raspberry Cream Cheese Thumbprints
- Mix together cream cheese and granulated sugar. Add more sugar for desired sweetness. Set aside.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix brown sugar, shortening, butter, vanilla and egg yolks. Stir in flour and salt.
- Shape into 1 1/2 inch balls. Beat egg whites slightly and dip each ball into egg white and roll in chopped walnuts and pecans. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Press thumb deeply in the center of each cookie. Bake until light brown for 10 minutes.
- Remove cookies from oven and place cookies on wire cooling rack. Once cooled, fill thumbprints with cream cheese and top with red raspberry preserves.