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Chocolate Thumbprints Cookies Recipe

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My group of friends had a weekly "movie night" during winters on Martha's Vineyard, and we'd take turns making a chocolate treat to share. These terrific cookies were an instant success. Once they debuted, I had to make them many more times. —Laura Bryant German, W. Warren, Massachusetts

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Chocolate Thumbprints Cookies Recipe

Prep: 25 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min. + cooling

Yield: 12 Servings

25 10 35

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg, separated
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup baking cocoa
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup finely chopped walnuts
FILLING:
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon butter, softened
2 teaspoons milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
26 milk chocolate kisses

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolk, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until or until easy to handle.
In a small bowl, whisk egg white until foamy. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; dip in egg white, then roll in nuts. Place on greased baking sheets. Using a wooden spoon handle, make an indentation in center of each cookie. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until center is set.
For filling, combine the confectioners' sugar, butter, milk and vanilla; stir until smooth. Spoon or pipe 1/4 teaspoon into each warm cookie; gently press a chocolate kiss in the center. Carefully remove from pans to wire racks to cool. Yield: 2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 307 calories, 18 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 43 mg cholesterol, 152 mg sodium, 33 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 5 g protein.

Originally published as Chocolate Thumbprints Cookies in Taste of Home October/November 1995, p29

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Reviewed on Dec. 18, 2009 by WIBaker

I made eight new cookies this Christmas (all from Taste of Home), and this is the only one I'll never make again. The dough was unbelievably sticky, even though I had chilled it well (overnight). Spooning the filling into warm cookies (per the directions) means that the frosting melts and runs over the side of the cookie (unlike the firm filling in the photo). Also, 1/4 tsp. of filling is definitely not enough to fill the thumbprint plus border the chocolate kiss as shown in the photo. And, unless your cooky sheet is WELL greased (not just "greased"), the egg white will cook onto the cooky sheet and require hard scrubbing to remove. This recipe was a major disappointment on several levels, and a waste of my time and ingredients.