Taste of Home
Festive Thumbprints
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 30 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
YIELD: about 4 dozen.
I never cared for jam-filled thumbprints, so I decided to fill them with frosting instead. This makes them easy to ship, which you can’t do with the sticky jam filling. I sent these to my daughter while she was serving in Iraq, and they made the long haul in perfect condition. —Wendy Schlueter, Babbitt, Minnesota
Ingredients
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1 cup butter, softened
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1/2 cup packed brown sugar
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1 large egg, room temperature
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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Colored sprinkles or nonpareils
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FILLING:
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1 cup sugar
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1/4 cup butter, cubed
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1/4 cup 2% milk
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8 ounces white candy coating
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Red and green food coloring
Directions
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1.
Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 3-4 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Place sprinkles in a shallow bowl or bowls.
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2.
Shape dough into 1-in. balls; dip tops in sprinkles. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Press a deep indentation in center of each with your thumb. Bake until edges are light brown, 10-12 minutes. Using a wooden spoon handle, enlarge any indentations that may have narrowed or closed. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.
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3.
For filling, bring sugar, butter and milk to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring constantly. Cook and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat. Add candy coating and vanilla; stir until smooth. Divide filling between 2 bowls. Using food coloring, tint filling in one bowl red and in the other bowl green. Spoon fillings into indentations; let stand until set.
Nutrition Facts
1 cookie: 114 calories, 6g fat (4g saturated fat), 17mg cholesterol, 53mg sodium, 14g carbohydrate (10g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
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