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Classic Thumbprint Cookies

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A recipe my husband’s grandmother shared with me, these cookies are classic and beautiful. The ingredients are basic and simple, but the end results are elegant and delicious. A wonderful holiday treat. Enjoy!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Butter, Softened
  • ½ cups Brown Sugar, Packed
  • 2 whole Eggs, Separated
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 cups Flour
  • 1-½ cup Pecans, Finely Chopped
  • Icing, Jam Or Jelly, To Fill The "thumbprint"

Preparation

Mix softened butter, brown sugar, egg yolks, vanilla and salt until well combined. Add flour and stir to combine.

Roll dough into one-inch balls. Dip balls in slightly beaten egg whites and then roll in finely chopped pecans. Place on parchment-lined cookie sheets about one inch apart.

Bake at 350 degrees for five minutes. Remove cookie sheets from the oven and add a thumbprint with a spoon. Return cookies to the oven and bake for eight minutes longer.

Place cookies on a wire rack to cool. Once cookies have cooled completely, fill print with powdered sugar icing, jam or jelly.

Yields approximately 3 dozen cookies.

Note: the underside of a teaspoon works beautifully for adding the print to the cookie.

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mkeaton on 12.21.2009

I make a similar thumbprint cookie. I use half shortening and half butter. This is one of our family favorites. It also is an impressive cookie to take to gatherings.

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Melissa McCauley on 8.3.2010

I made these and took them to a dinner at the in-laws. They loved them, my brother-in-law even licked his finger and picked up all the little pecan bits in the bottom of the container.

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erinsue1 on 5.17.2010

These were great, loved the cookie part. The only trouble I had was getting the pecans to stick, it was a tad messy, but well worth it!

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