Chocolate Thumbprints
Ingredients:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup brown sugar
1-1/2 cups sifted unbleached flour
2 tablespoons milk
1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate pieces, finely chopped
Chocolate filling (recipe below)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375° F.
- Cream butter with salt and vanilla until fluffy.
- Gradually add brown sugar.
- Blend in flour, milk and chocolate.
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
- Place on ungreased cookie sheet about 1-inch apart.
- Make depression with thumb in center of each cookie.
- Bake 8-10 minutes.
- Roll in confectioner's sugar while still warm.
- Cool completely.
- Fill depression with chocolate filling.
- Allow filling to set completely before storing cookies.
Ingredients:
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate pieces
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions:
- Melt the chocolate and butter in a saucepan over hot water (or melt in microwave).
- Stir to blend.
- Cool slightly.
- Blend in corn syrup, water and vanilla.
- Fill cookies before chocolate cools and sets.
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