Classic Thumbprint Cookies
- Yield: 4 dozen cookies
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 48 servings
- Calories
- 127
- Total Fat
- 9
- Saturated Fat
- 2
- Carbohydrates
- 11
- Dietary Fiber
- 1
- Sugar
- 6
- Protein
- 1
- Cholesterol
- 12
- Sodium
- 20
- Total: 57 min
- Prep: 40 min
- Cook: 17 min
Ingredients
Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening, cut into slices
or 1 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
3 large eggs, separated
2 tbsps. water
1 1/2 tsps. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. salt
2 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
2 cups finely chopped pecans
1 cup Smucker's® Strawberry Preserves, or any Smucker's® Preserves, Jam or Jelly
Directions
- HEAT oven to 350 degrees F. Adjust rack to middle position. Coat two cookie sheets lightly with no-stick cooking spray.
- BEAT brown sugar and shortening in medium bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed for 2 minutes or until fluffy. Scrape down sides of bowl. Add egg yolks, water, vanilla and salt. Beat until well combined. Add flour on low speed until well blended.
- BEAT egg whites in a shallow bowl until foamy. Place pecans in a separate shallow bowl. Measure about 2 teaspoons dough for each cookie. Roll into balls. Dip each dough ball into egg whites, then roll into pecans. Place on prepared cookie sheet. Using the back of a teaspoon or your thumb, make a rounded indentation in the top of each cookie.
- BAKE 10 minutes. Remove from oven. It may be necessary to create the indentation once again with a spoon. Place about 1 teaspoon preserves into the indentation of each cookie. Bake an additional 5 to 7 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven. Cool on baking sheet for several minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool completely.