Christmas Thumbprints

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I love Christmas cookies.

I love to bake them. 

I love to wrap them up all fancy like and give them away.

 I love to eat them!!

The Christmas cookies I love the most are Christmas Thumbprints. They are simple and basic, but pretty and tasty! I have been making this version for years. I hope you enjoy them!

Christmas Thumbprints

This makes 8 dozen cookies

2 cups Butter

1 cup Sugar

4 Egg Yolks

4 teaspoon Vanilla

5 cups Flour

1 teaspoon Salt

Thumbprint Icing
1 cup Confectioners Sugar
1 tablespoon Water
Colors for icing

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Put your butter,

and your sugar in a mixing bowl.

Cream until fluffy.

Add your egg yolks and mix in.

Add vanilla and mix.

In a separate bowl, mix your flour and salt.

Add your dry ingredients to your wet ones.
Mix together.

Once your mix is together, start making small 1"-1 1/2"
balls of dough. I used a small cookie dough scoop to
get them started, but you can do this without a scoop
also. Using both hands, form the ball from the scoop
into a round ball of dough.

Place the dough balls on your cookie sheet.
Bake for 10-12 minutes. The bottoms will be golden brown.
The tops are a little tougher to see, but they will be done if the
bottoms are.

Immediately after pulling the cookies out of the oven,
use your thumb, or the back of a measuring spoon to make
a round indention in each cookie.

It should look like this one. It is alright if they crack
a little. It gives them character!!

Looking good!

 Lets make our icing!
Mix together your confectioners sugar and 1 tablespoon water.
If you need more water, add some, but don't make the icing too runny.

This is what you want for consistency.

Divide the icing into 2 bowls, and add color
until you get the color you are looking for.

Start filling your cookies. If I had any left over, I would use
baby spoons. They are the perfect size!

Looking good!

One of the reasons I make so many of these cookies,
is that I give away a lot of trays of holiday cookies.
I love to use these on every tray. They are small,
and add a punch of color.

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