Vanilla Thumbprints

Total Time: 46 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 36 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup apricot jam (i use blackberry jam in place of apricot, 6 t of each kind of jam) or 2/3 cup seedless raspberry jam (i use blackberry jam in place of apricot, 6 t of each kind of jam)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 combine butter and sugar in bowl of an electric mixer.
• 3 cream using the paddle attachment until light and fluffy.
• 4 add egg and vanilla, scraping the bowl as needed.
• 5 add the flour and mix just until incorporated (dough will be soft).
• 6 roll 2 teaspoons of dough between your hands into a 1-inch ball.
• 7 repeat, spacing 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
• 8 with a floured thumb (or dip thumb in water), make an indentation in the center of each ball of dough.
• 9 fill each indentation with 1/2 teaspoon raspberry or apricot jam.
• 10 bake at 350 degrees f about 10-12 minutes or until lightly golden brown around bottoms.
• 11 remove to a wire rack to cool.