After making some wonderful strawberry apricot jam, I wanted to broaden my repertoire of JDV (Jam Delivery Vehicles). In particular I have never made thumbprint cookies before.
The very idea of a thumbprint cookie makes me think of the 1950s. I'm not sure why.
So off to my 1950s Betty Crocker cookbook I go...
1/2 | cup | soft shortening | (half butter) |
1/4 | cup | brown sugar | |
1 | egg yolk | (reserve white) | |
1/2 | tsp. | Vanilla extract | |
1 | cup | flour | sifted |
1/4 | tsp | salt | |
1/4 | cup | hazelnut meal | (for coating) |
Form balls.
Roll in egg white, lightly whipped.
Roll in hazelnut meal.
Bake 5 minutes
Remove from oven and quickly press a thumb print into each cookie.
Return to oven for 8 more minutes.
Fill depressions with a little jam.
If only all depression could be cured with a little jam.
I put the leftovers in containers in the freezer. I really like having cookies in the freezer that I can pull out when company arrives, or to refill the "magic cookie jar" (as Sharon calls it). And I can attest that these held up well through the defrosting process. Oh, the scientific rigors I am willing to endure for you, my gentle reader.
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