One of my goals I had during the week I watched my parents house and dogs was to go through mom's huge cabinet collection of recipes and cook books and take all my favorites so I could have them to make for many years to come. Well, my favorite cookie recipe that I found has to simply be the SIMPLEST Thumbprint cookie recipe ever created! I've made Thumbprint cookies for people in the past from other recipes and people absolutely devoured them quickly, but mom's cookies taste just the same as those that had numerous ingredients! It is indeed a win-win and I will surely be making these for the holidays. Enjoy!
Mom’s Thumbprint recipe
½ cup sugar
1 cup butter soften
2 egg yolks
2 cups flour
1 Tbs vanilla extract
Finely chopped nuts (I usually use pecans)
Jam of choice (I like seedless raspberry, but you could use multiple jams)
In a mixing bowl cream butter and sugar. Then add the egg yolks one at a time and then the flour half cup at a time until thoroughly incorporated and then the vanilla. Roll into small balls (I'd guess like an inch and a half in diameter) then roll the dough ball in the chopped nuts. Place on baking sheet covered in parchment paper and then make a "print" with your thumb in the center.
Bake at 375 F 10-12minutes, add jam before the last 4 minutes using a teaspoon and another spoon to help you scoop it out and put in each "thumbprint" you made.
*Sami's note: The reason my jam looks all oozed out all over the cookies might be due to the fact that I did not see the jam I used was sugar-free. Oops! But still delish!
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