American Spoon Recipes

Thumbprint Cookies

Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs, seperated
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup pecans
• 1 jar American Spoon® Sour Cherry Preserves (or any other flavor American Spoon® Preserves or Spoon Fruit) Add to Shopping Cart

• In a mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer until softened. Add sugar, egg yolks, vanilla and half the flour. Beat until thoroughly combined, then beat in remaining flour. Cover and chill for one hour.
• Grease a cookie sheet and set aside. Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Slightly beat egg whites. Finely chop nuts.
• Form dough into 1" balls. Roll each ball in egg whites, then in the chopped nuts. Arrange 1" apart on cookie sheet. With your thumb, make an indentation in each cookie.
• Bake 10-12 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet and cool on a wire rack. Fill the centers with your favorite flavors of American Spoon® Preserves or Spoon Fruits.

Chef Chris Chickering, American Spoon Foods