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SMUCKER’S® Holiday Thumbprint Cookies

Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients



• 2 cups PILLSBURY Best® All-Purpose or Unbleached Flour
  
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
  
• 1 cup butter (at room temperature)
  
• 2 large eggs, separated
  
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
  
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
  
• 2 cups finely chopped nuts
  
• 1 cup SMUCKER’S® Preserves or Jam, any flavor or combination of flavors
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 350°. Coat 2 baking sheets with cooking spray.
   
   
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar, butter, egg yolks, vanilla and salt. Slowly add the flour and stir until well blended.
   
   
3. In a small bowl, using a fork, beat egg whites until foamy. Put nuts in a separate bowl.
   
   
4. Using a teaspoon, scoop out dough and shape into 1-inch balls. Dip each dough ball into the egg whites, then roll in the nuts and place on a prepared baking sheet. Using a teaspoon or your thumb, make a round indentation in the top of each cookie, being sure not to make a hole all the way through the dough.
   
   
5. Bake cookies for 8 minutes (they will not be fully baked); remove from oven. Using a teaspoon or other small spoon, scoop the preserves into the indentation of each cookie. Return cookies to oven to bake another 6-10 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove from oven; cool on a wire rack.
   
   






Final Comments


Makes 36 cookies