Almond Thumbprint Cookies

Name: Almond Thumbprint Cookies
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters finely chopped almonds; 59 milliliters packed brown sugar; 59 milliliters butter or margarine, softened; 1 egg white; 1 egg yolk; 237 milliliters Gold Medal® all-purpose flour; 6 Tbsps About strawberry, lemon or lime curd; 0 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters shortening; 1 teaspoons vanilla

Almond Thumbprint Cookies is Head to the store and pick up vanilla, egg yolk, butter, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F. Beat brown sugar, shortening, butter, vanilla and egg yolk in medium bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour and salt.

Ingredients you will need

Brown Sugar

Shortening

Egg Yolk

Vanilla

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Oven

Shape dough into 3/4-inch balls. Beat egg white slightly with fork. Dip each ball into egg white; roll in almonds.

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Egg Whites

Almonds

Dough

Roll

Dip

Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Press thumb into center of each cookie to make indentation, but do not press all the way to the cookie sheet.

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Baking Sheet

Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until light brown. Quickly remake indentations with end of wooden spoon if necessary. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Fill each thumbprint with about 1/2 measuring teaspoon of the strawberry curd.

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Strawberries