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Season's Best Thumbprint Cookies
Author/Submitted by:
Servings: 36
Categories:
Cookies
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Desserts
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Holidays
Ingredients: 1/2
c
Butter or margarine
- softened 2/3
c
Sugar 1
Egg 1
t
Vanilla extract 1
c
All-purpose flour 1/3
c
HERSHEY'S Cocoa 1/4
ts
Salt 2
tb
Milk 1
c
Chopped walnuts
Your choice of FILLING
-(recipes follow) 1
c
Cherry pie filling
- chilled
Directions:
In large mixer bowl beat butter, sugar, egg and vanilla until light
and fluffy. Stir together flour, cocoa and salt; blend into butter
mixture. Add milk; beat until well blended. Stir in walnuts.
Refrigerate dough at least 1 hour or until firm enough to handle.
Heat oven to 350 F. Lightly grease cookie sheet. Shape dough into
1-inch balls; place on prepared cookie sheet. Press thumb into center
of each cookie. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set. Remove from
cookie sheet to wire rack; cool. To serve, place about 1/2
teaspoonful filling in thumbprint; top with about 1 teaspoonful pie
filling. Store cookies in refrigerator. About 3 dozen cookies.
VANILLA FILLING: In small bowl, combine 3/4 cup powdered sugar, 1
tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon softened butter or margarine, 2 to 3
teaspoons milk and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; beat until smooth.
CHOCOLATE CREAM FILLING: In small mixer bowl, beat 1 package (3 oz.)
cream cheese, softened and 1/2 cup powdered sugar until well blended.
Add 2 tablespoons HERSHEY'S Cocoa and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract;
beat until smooth. Hershey's is a registered trademark of Hershey
Foods Corporation. Recipe may be reprinted courtesy of the Hershey
Kitchens.
Meal-Master format by Karen Mintzias
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