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Thumbprint Cookies I

By: C. Keith 
"I usually make these around Christmas."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.4 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (119)

 

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Original Recipe Yield 2 dozen
 

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
  • 2/3 cup any flavor fruit jam
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Grease cookie sheets.
  2. Separate egg, reserving egg white. Cream butter or margarine, sugar, and egg yolk.
  3. Add vanilla, flour and salt, mixing well.
  4. Shape dough into balls. Roll in egg white, then walnuts. Place on cookie sheets about 2 inches apart. Bake for 5 minutes.
  5. Remove cookies from oven. With thumb, dent each cookie. Put jelly or preserves in each thumbprint. Bake for another 8 minutes.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 195 | Total Fat: 9.8g | Cholesterol: 38mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 24, 2006 by DSRTBLND43   view full review
I will give this 5 stars even though, as stated before, it needs some tweeking. Not super...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on May 29, 2008 by CBENGE   view full review
I made these, but changed two things: 1) I didn't roll them in walnuts, but opted for...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 5, 2009 by JAMJMine   view full review
These were very good. I changed them up just a little, because I wanted the kind with icing...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 27, 2006 by FOXFIRE2   view full review
The only changes I made were as other members suggested: I baked 15 mins longer and didn't...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 13, 2007 by fareeha   view full review
very good recipe, i changed it up a little though. I added 1/2 cup sugar, and put crushed...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 4, 2008 by Betty K   view full review
The only thing I do differently is, I bake these at 350 for 10 min's or until light brown on...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 19, 2007 by DeepRiverWoman   view full review
I make these cookies every year because my children and their spouses love them. I find them...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 16, 2007 by Nat   view full review
I made these cookies for my family and I swear they didn't even make it 5 minutes and they...
The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2004 by JORLICH   view full review
not very sweet....baked them for longer then specified and they still came out too soft...they...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 14, 2002 by DAUGHTEROFSARAH   view full review
very good. I used strawberry jelly and I had to bake them a little longer but I think they...

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