I saved lots of old recipes and I found this recipe in a small insert of Christmas cookies from the Ladies Home Journal in 1980. I only made half the recipe as I no longer give cookie trays away and I do not need to eat cookies for breakfast, even if they do have fruit in them. Here is a picture with the cookies on the top and the recipe.
Raspberry Thumbprints
Adapted from the Ladies Home Journal
December, 1980
1 cup unsalted butter,
softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup raspberry
preserves
Directions:
1. Cream butter and sugar in large bowl of
electric mixer (or use hand mixer) until light and fluffy.
2. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla.
3. Gradually add flour and salt on low speed
until well-blended. Refrigerate dough
for at least one hour.
Preheat oven to 350 F if
baking on same day.
Work with only 1/4 dough
at a time, keeping the remaining refrigerated.
Use a small scoop to make 1-inch balls.
Place on a parchment lined cookie sheet two inches apart. Using the end of a wooden spoon, make a small
indentation in each cookie. NOTE:
At this point the cookies may be frozen on the tray and then placed in a
freezer bag for baking at a later time.
Keep cookies on trays
refrigerated while preparing the rest of the dough, or bake each tray as you
complete it, baking only one tray at a time.
Bake cookies for ten
minutes. Remove from oven and make
depression with spoon or thumb again.
Fill each depression with 1/4 tsp of jam or preserves. Return to oven and bake for another 5-7
minutes. Do not over bake or brown. Remove from oven and sprinkle with
confectioners' sugar. Cool on rack and
sprinkle with sugar again once cooled.
Makes about 4 dozen
cookies. The recipe is easily cut in
half.
Those look delicious, Denise! Sadly, I didn't inherit my mother's baking gene, but am always happy to sample someone else's cookies. ☺ At this point though, we are starting to crave more nutritious fare as well. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteNever made cookies, but I do enjoy sampling as well. I used to bake but not cookies for some reason.
ReplyDeleteI might just have a go at those!
ReplyDeleteThese look so good. I like cake and I like pie, but give me a cookie anytime. Wishing you a very happy and healthy new year.
ReplyDeleteToo made cookies this year fir the first time in many years and only made a single batch of each for the same reasons you mentioned, Denise. My two were also traditional...chocolate chip and peanut butter. Yours looked wonderfully delicious. Doesn’t everyone eat cookies for breakfast at the holidays?
ReplyDeleteEven my yoga teacher has cookies for breakfast😁
DeleteYum!
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