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THUMBPRINT COOKIES

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From: Betty Crocker®
These delightful treats are a welcome addition to any cookie tray. The colorful bites are filled with your favorite jelly.

Prep: 20 min
Start To Finish: 1 hr
Makes 3 dozen cookies

• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  
• 1/4 cup shortening
  
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
  
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  
• 1 egg, separated
  
• 1 cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
  
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
  
• 3/4 cup finely chopped nuts
  
• Jelly

• Heat oven to 350°F.
  
  
• Mix brown sugar, shortening, butter, vanilla and egg yolk in medium bowl.
  
  
• Stir in flour and salt until dough holds together.
  
  
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Beat egg white slightly.
  
  
• Dip each ball into egg white.
  
  
• Roll in nuts.
  
  
• Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
  
  
• Press thumb deeply in center of each.
  
  
• Bake about 10 minutes or until light brown.
  
  
• Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
  
  
• Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  
  
• Fill thumbprints with jelly.

	Did You Know... These cookies were often called Thimble Cookies in older cookbooks because bakers used a thimble to make the indentation.

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