Recipe for Christmas Holiday Thumbprint Cookies
This is an easy recipe for thumbprint cookies that you can make for your family during the Christmas holidays. Be sure to make extra, too, to give as gifts to friends and/or co-workers. This recipe makes 3 dozen cookies.
Category
Desserts
Cuisine
American
Main Ingredients
Quick and Easy
Occasion
Winter Holidays
Prep Time
40 min
Cook Time
20 min
Total Time
1 hrs
Ingredients
Serves 10
2 cups All-purpose flour
1/2 cup Firmly-packed brown sugar
1 cup Softened butter or margarine
Pinch Salt
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Directions for Recipe for Christmas Holiday Thumbprint Cookies
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.2
Combine all of the ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Beat at low speed, scrapping the sides often, until completely mixed -- about 2-3 minutes.3
Shape into 1-inch balls.4
Roll each of the balls in colored sugars, usually red and green for the Christmas holidays.5
Place 1-inch apart on a greased cookie sheet. Use the back of a teaspoon to make a depression in the middle of each cookie. Bake for 8 minutes.6
Remove from oven and fill centers with your choice of toppings. Return to oven and bake for another 6-10 minutes or until lightly browned.Tip
Suggested toppings: chocolate stars, candied cherries, caramels (cut in half), fruit preserves.If you wish to roll your cookies in nuts, you should first roll them in egg whites and then in the nuts.
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6 Comments
Post a CommentA great project with the grandkids! Thanks.
Thanks for the cookie recipe. We may just have to try this. :)
A seasonal fav. Yummy!
Ah, but the kids tell me it will taste "so much better" if you let them make a real thumbprint on the cookies ! cheers :)
Very pretty cookies, thank you!
yummy! :) jeffrey