Awesome Thumbprint Cookies

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 2/3 cups flour
• 3/4 cup jam or 3/4 cup jelly or 3/4 cup preserves

Recipe

• 1 set the oven at 350 degrees.
• 2 grease 2 baking sheets and line them with parchment paper.
• 3 in an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light.
• 4 add the yolks, one by one, and beat well.
• 5 with the mixer set on its lowest speed, beat in the flour just until the mixture is smooth.
• 6 shape tablespoonfuls of dough into smooth round balls.
• 7 press each ball with your thumb to make an indentation.
• 8 fill the indentation with jam, jelly, or preserves.
• 9 bake the cookies in the hot oven for 15 to 18 minutes or until they begin to brown at the edges.
• 10 let them cool completely on the baking sheets.
• 11 store in an airtight container.