Cooking Recipe Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 c Butter or margarine,

-softened (1 stick)

2/3 c Sugar

1 Egg, separated

2 tb Milk

1 ts Vanilla extract

1 c All-purpose flour

1/3 c HERSHEY'S cocoa

1/4 ts Salt

1 c Chopped nuts

26 HERSHEY'S KISSES chocolates,

-HERSHEY'S HUGS chocolates,

-pecan halves or candied

-cherry halves

VANILLA FILLING

1/2 c Powdered sugar

1 tb Softened butter or margarine

2 ts Milk

1/4 ts Vanilla extract

Directions

In small mixer bowl, beat butter, sugar, egg yolk, milk and vanilla
unti light and fluffy. Stir together flour, cocoa and salt; gradually
add to butter mixture, beating until blended. Refrigerate dough at
least 1 hour or until firm enough to handle. Heat oven to 350'F.
Lightly grease cookie sheet. Shape dough into 1" balls. Beat egg
white slightly. Dip each ball into egg white; roll in nuts. Place on
prepared cookie sheet. Press thumb gently in center of each cookie.
Bake 10-12 minutes or until set. Meanwhile, prepare VANILLA FILLING.
Remove wrappers from chocolate pieces. Remove cookies from cookie
sheet to wire rack; cool 5 minutes. Spoon about 1/4 teaspoon filling
into each thumbprint. Gently press chocolate piece in center of each
cookie. Cool completely.

VANILLA FILLING: In small bowl, combine all ingredients; beat until
smooth.

Categories matching this recipe

Chocolate ,Hershey ,Cookies