Great american recipes - thumbprint cookies

Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 12 minutes

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter

2/3 cup sugar

1 egg, separated

2 tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup all purpose flour

1/3 cup baking cocoa

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup finely chopped walnuts

Filling

1/2 cup confectioners sugar

1 tablespoon butter(softened)

2 teaspoons milk

1/4 teaspoon vanilla

24 milk chocolate kisses, unwrapped

Preparation:

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar, egg yolk, milk and vanilla until light and fluffy.

Combine flour, cocoa and salt in a separate bowl; gradually add to creamed mixture, stirring until well blended. Cover and chill cookie dough for one hour, or until firm enough to shape into balls.

In a small bowl, lightly beat egg white. Shape chilled dough into 1-inch balls, dip in egg white, then roll in chopped nuts. Make an indentation with thumb in center of of each cookie. Bake at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes, or until center is just set. Combine the first four filling ingredients in a bowl; mix until smooth. Spoon about 1/4 teaspoon of filling into each warm cookie indentation, and gently press a chocolate kiss in the center. Carefully remove chocolate thumbprint cookies from baking sheet to wire racks to cool. Makes 24 cookies

Note from Candy:

This is a great recipe, simply delicious, it's a little bit of work, but well worth the effort. I doubled the recipe.

I got this from an old Taste of Home Magazine.