Ingredients
- ¼ cup packed brown sugar
- ¼ cup shortening
- ¼ cup butter or margarine, softened
- ¼ tsp vanilla
- ¼ tsp almond extract
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 cup flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 6 tablespoons strawberry jam
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°.
- In a medium bowl, beat brown sugar, shortening, butter, vanilla, almond extract, and egg yolk with an electric mixer on medium speed (or mix by hand).
- Stir in flour and salt.
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet, 1 inch apart.
- Press your thumb into the center of each cookie to make an indentation — do not press all the way through.
- Bake about 10 minutes or until light golden brown.
- Quickly re-press indentations with the end of a wooden spoon if needed. Remove immediately to a wire rack.
- Fill each thumbprint with about ½ tsp strawberry jam.
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