Rich Thumbprint Cookies

Total Time: 43 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 large egg yolk, seperated
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 chopped pecans
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup raspberry jam

Recipe

• 1 mix everything, but jam,egg ,and nuts. set them aside.once dough is crumbly but will form a ball place into refrigerator covered for 1 hour.
• 2 after 1 hour preheat oven to 325.
• 3 scoop dough with teaspoon,and roll into a ball, then into egg ,then nuts. place each ball onto greased cookie sheet. make a thumbprint most of the way through cookie, doing so very gently. if cookie cracks along edges,just pinch it back into shape. bake 15-18 minutes, or look for a light golden brown. take out of oven and cool at room temperature. once cooled drop enough jam into cookie to fill indentation.
• 4 to truly please the eye,use different jam's.
• 5 you'll want to automatically make a double batch if you like thumbprint jam cookies, because these are soooooooo good.