I used this recipe from Cooks.com| THUMBPRINT COOKIES | |
1/2 c. shortening - part butter 1/4 c. brown sugar 1 egg, separated 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1 c. flour 1/4 tsp. salt 3/4 c. chopped nuts Jelly or tinted confectioners sugar icing Mix shortening, sugar, egg yolk and vanilla thoroughly. Blend together flour and salt. Stir in. Roll dough into balls, 1 teaspoon per ball. Beat egg white slightly with fork. Dip balls in egg white. Roll in nuts. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet. Press thumb gently in center of each. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until set. Cool. I fill the thumbprint with pink and green (almond flavored and mint flavored) confectioners icing. However, you can use different flavored jellies if you like. These make a pretty Christmas cookie. | |
I didn't have nuts to roll them in, so the dough was probably a little wet and had trouble holding the jam. But they taste just like little strawberry shortcakes.
I used the Red Red Strawberry jam recipe from Joy of Cooking, very sweet. Recently I've started making jam with low-sugar pectin and will try that next time around.
And here's a beautiful pie my sweetie made for a potluck BBQ meeting of the Eugene Oregon Glass Guild. He's been really getting into presentation lately:
I won't be available for the August Last Friday Artwalk, so I'll just have to cool up something special for September.
2 comments:
The cookie recipe looks good but I don't understand the "half butter" note next the shortening. Do you mean 1/4 cp short and 1/4 cp butter?
Yes, 1/4 of each or you can use all butter. Lately we've been using all butter in recipes like this or pie crust. We started getting eggs, milk and butter direct from a farm and they are wonderful to bake with.
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