Fay Kuhn's Thumbprints (1988 1st Place Winner)
Cookie & Bar
Ingredients
1/2 cup Butter
1/4 cup Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
1 Egg separated
1 cup Flour
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 1/4 cups Finely chopped nuts
1/4 cup Raspberry jam
Directions
Beat together butter and sugar in a mixer bowl. Add vanilla and egg yolk. Mix well.
Mix flour and salt, add to butter mixture and mix well. Cover; refrigerate at least 1 hour.
Heat oven to 325 degrees. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Beat egg white lightly in a small bowl. Put nuts in another small bowl. Dip each ball into egg white, then roll in nuts. Put balls 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Press thumb in the center of each to make an indentation.
Bake until light golden, 15 to 18 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Fill indentation with a small amount of raspberry jam.
Notes
From the Chicago Tribune annual Food Guide Holiday Cookie Contest December 8, 1988
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