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Thumb print cookie Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 1/3 cups unsalted butter, softened (not melted)
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
1 egg yolk
Preserves, flavors of your choice
Directions:
Directions:
Combine all ingredients and mix together until combined. I'm so used to creaming butter and sugar and following those steps, that putting everything together is weird to me now. So, I cream the butter and sugar, then add the egg, then slowly add the orange juice. Then I slowly add in the flour until combined. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour.
Preheat oven to 375 F.
Measure out dough in level teaspoons to ensure uniform sizing.
Roll balls in your hands to smooth, place on cookie sheet.
Use your thumb or pointing finger to gently press the center of the cookie, forming an indent.
Since pressing the cookie will cause it to lean to one side, after creating all the indents, I turn the cookie sheet around and repress each indent from the other side. This makes then stand back upright. Bake for ten minutes.
Remove from oven, fill indents with preserves, lemon or lime curd, marmalade, or even apple butter.
Return to oven and bake 5-6 minutes more, do not let them get brown. Cool on racks. Sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
11 dozen
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
20 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
If you want to use icing press bake and repress half way thru the baking process

 

 

 

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