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Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
½ cup soft shortening (part butter)
½ cup sugar
1 egg yolk
½ teaspoon vanilla
1 square (1 oz) unsweetened chocolate, melted
1 cup sifted Gold Medal flour
¼ teaspoon salt
1 egg white, lightly beaten
¾ cup finely chopped nuts
Directions:
Directions:
Heat oven to 350°. Mix well shortening, sugar, egg yolk, vanilla and melted chocolate. Mix flour and salt and stir in. Roll 1 teaspoon dough into balls. Dip in slightly beaten egg white and roll in finely chopped nuts. Place on baking sheet and press thumb or back of spoon into center of each cookie. Bake 10 to 12 minutes. Fill cooled thumbprints with tinted confectioners’ sugar icing, candied cherry or jelly.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
For butterscotch thumbprints, replace granulated sugar with ¼ cup brown sugar and omit the chocolate.

 

 

 

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