Just in time for the holidays I thought I would share one of my favorite cookie recipes. This is cream cheese thumbprint cookies. They are sweet, tangy, and chewy. Such a winner of a recipe given to me by my great-aunt. She created this recipe so I don't think you will find it anywhere else. I have made it a dozen times and it is always delicious!
Ingredients:
1 cup of butter, softened to room temp (don't use any low-fat substitute)
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temp
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg yolk (save the white)
2 1/4 cup flour
1 cup of crushed nuts (optional)
Icing:
1 1/2 ounces of cream cheese, softened
about 1 cup of powdered sugar to mix well
milk
milk
2 or 3 drops of vanilla
food coloring to tint (optional)
food coloring to tint (optional)
Heat oven to 375° F. Mix butter, sugar, cream cheese, salt, vanilla, and egg with a paddle attachment in an electric mixer. Scraping down the sides as necessary. Refrigerate dough at least 30 minutes. Roll into 1-inch balls. Beat the egg white until frothy. Roll the balls in the egg white and then roll in the crushed nuts to coat. Bake the cookies 5 minutes on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Take them out at 5 minutes and using a 1/4 teaspoon make a "thumbprint" in each cookie and cook for 4 minutes longer.
For icing: Take powdered sugar, cream cheese, vanilla, and enough milk to make the icing consistency desired. May tint it with food color. For ease of filling, use a pastry tip and bag and squeeze icing into cookie. Let them set and store in an airtight container.
Yields: 30-36 cookies
For icing: Take powdered sugar, cream cheese, vanilla, and enough milk to make the icing consistency desired. May tint it with food color. For ease of filling, use a pastry tip and bag and squeeze icing into cookie. Let them set and store in an airtight container.
Yields: 30-36 cookies
This is a favorite cookie of mine. I usually make them every Christmas. Here I have rolled them in walnuts and pecans. I filled the nut cookies with cream cheese icing and I filled the plain cookies with a Christmas jam (Amish strawberry cranberry jam). Any way you make them they are fantastic!
Enjoy!
Sherry
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Sherry, these cookies look so yummy...I will be saving this recipe for the holidays...thanks for sharing! Pam @ Everyday Living
ReplyDeleteOh yummy! I am baked out after my tea but these would be a great "future" selection! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteSherry, I love anything with cream cheese, and these cookies look delicious! I will definitely be making these during the holidays. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe! I hope that you have a happy and blessed day!!!
ReplyDeleteWell, I will say these would be perfect with my tea this afternoon!
ReplyDeleteDo they freeze well? They are a pretty cookie and they are so festive as you said great for the holidays!
Blessings, Roxy
Yes, Roxy they do freeze well. Thanks for asking.
ReplyDeleteWhen I seen your cookies it brought me back go my childhood. My favorite cookies my Mom made were the thumbprints my Mom made with the jam inside and she rolled them in nuts too. Thanks for the memories!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for hosting each week!!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Debbie
I have the same recipe! I make these every year and they're one of my favorites...whether filled with frosting or jam. Now I want to go make some right this minute! Lovely pics as always, Sherry!
ReplyDeleteThese look great, I'm out off cream cheese but soon as I pick some up i'm going to make them. Going to jot the recipe down. Thanks for sharing it with love Janice
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