This recipe was given to me by a good friend, Lori Marshall, many years ago when we worked together. It is just like the cookies that are sold at our local bakery. Scrumptious! Be careful, they are addictive!
Thumbprint Cookies
Makes about 70
(You can half this recipe.)
1 cup margarine (regular Blue Bonnet is good) I found that margarine tastes better for some reason, or you can use butter, (2 sticks) softened
5 Tbl. confectioners sugar
2 cups (all-purpose) flour
2 tsp. vanilla
3/4 to 1 cup (or less) finely chopped pecans or walnuts (I do not use as much as the recipe calls for, and they are still great! How much do I use? about 1/4 cup nuts, and I shave them with a knife, or you could use a food processor.) Walnuts taste better to me!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Blend margarine and sugar together. Add flour, vanilla, and nuts and mix. Roll into small balls (about an inch-doesn't take much), place on cookie sheet, press with thumb to make thumbprint in center. If dough seems too sticky, add some more flour.
Bake for 18 minutes. Remove from oven. Cool on cookie sheet.
While your cookies cool, make the icing for centers with recipe below. Using a teaspoon of icing, touch center of cookie with teaspoon, let a little icing go into center of cookie. Viola!
Icing
1/3 cup confectioners sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
food color-1 drop-your choice of colors
2-3 drops of milk, add more, if desired if icing is too thick
Note: icing should be thick so that it very slowly (and I mean slow) flows off teaspoon. If you get it too runny, add more con. sugar.
These cookies are so delicious!
Thumbprint Cookies
Makes about 70
(You can half this recipe.)
1 cup margarine (regular Blue Bonnet is good) I found that margarine tastes better for some reason, or you can use butter, (2 sticks) softened
5 Tbl. confectioners sugar
2 cups (all-purpose) flour
2 tsp. vanilla
3/4 to 1 cup (or less) finely chopped pecans or walnuts (I do not use as much as the recipe calls for, and they are still great! How much do I use? about 1/4 cup nuts, and I shave them with a knife, or you could use a food processor.) Walnuts taste better to me!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Blend margarine and sugar together. Add flour, vanilla, and nuts and mix. Roll into small balls (about an inch-doesn't take much), place on cookie sheet, press with thumb to make thumbprint in center. If dough seems too sticky, add some more flour.
Bake for 18 minutes. Remove from oven. Cool on cookie sheet.
While your cookies cool, make the icing for centers with recipe below. Using a teaspoon of icing, touch center of cookie with teaspoon, let a little icing go into center of cookie. Viola!
Icing
1/3 cup confectioners sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
food color-1 drop-your choice of colors
2-3 drops of milk, add more, if desired if icing is too thick
Note: icing should be thick so that it very slowly (and I mean slow) flows off teaspoon. If you get it too runny, add more con. sugar.
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