Angel Thumbprint Cookie
December 6, 2008
Angel thumbprint cookies are not only my husband’s absolute favorite of all cookies, they are also Santa Claus, infact he said you’d better double the recipe! These cookies are the most sought-after during the holiday season. Angel thumbprint cookies are buttery balls of dough rolled up and filled with jam, and rolled again with finely chopped nuts. Thumbprint meaning you actually use your thumb to make the indentation that your filling goes into. Speaking of filling, you can pretty much do whatever you want, jams, jelly’s, chocolate etc. Click here to check out the many different types, and varieties of fillings for thumbprint cookies.
Now make sure when you chop your nuts, that they are not too chunky, but finely chopped, so that they adhere nicely to your dough. Of course you can use any type of nut you want, check out this link to www.cookies-in-motion.com to learn more about the different types of nuts used in baking, it’s a fun site! This recipe was compliments of my mother in-law Regi who has been making these thumbprint cookies for the last 50 years. Please enjoy!
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- ½ cup soft butter
- ½ cup shortening
- ½ cup brown sugar packed
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 egg whites unbeaten
- 2 cups sifted flour
- ½ tsp. almond extract
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- Dash of salt
- Jam or jelly of your choice
- Finely chopped nuts of your choice
Beat butter, shortening, sugar, egg yolks, salt, and extracts until fluffy. Add flour and mix. Roll a tsp. full of cookie into a ball. Roll in unbeaten egg white and then into chopped nuts. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Using thumb or small wine cork make a depression in center of each ball. Fill with jam or jelly. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes at 325 degrees.
Makes 1 ½ to 3 dozen
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