Mrs. Sweeter’s Thumbprint Cookies
Written on December 13, 2007 – 6:28 pm | by goodies
Thumbprint Cookies
½ cup shortening/butter, softened
¼ cup packed brown sugar
1 egg, separated
½ teaspoon vanilla
1 cup all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ cup finely chopped nuts (I use pecans)
Jelly or tinted sugar icing (see attached recipe)
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix shortening , sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla thouroughly. Blend together flour and salt; stir in. Roll dough into balls (1 tsp per ball). Beat egg white slightly with fork. Dip balls in egg white. Roll in nuts. Place about 1 “ apart on ungreased baking sheet; press thumb gently in center of each. Bake 10-12 minutes or until set. Cool. Fill thumbprints with jelly or tinted frosting.
**Note: after the cookies come out of the oven, I gently push down in center again before they cool. This makes a better little nest for the frosting!
You can store these in the freezer for awhile if needed, and then add frosting when you are serving them. Helps keep them less mushy.
Butter Frosting
Blend ¼ cup of soft/almost melted butter, ¾ cup of powdered sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. You can use food coloring to make red and green!
I usually double or triple the frosting so that I have enough!
