Almond Thumbprint Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter (do not substitute margarine)
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon melted butter
• 1 teaspoon almond extract

Recipe

• 1 for cookies:.
• 2 cream butter and sugar.
• 3 beat in the flour, extract and salt.
• 4 stir in the pecans.
• 5 shape dough into 1-inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 6 make thumbprint in each cookie.
• 7 bake at 300°f for 20-30 minutes.
• 8 let cool.
• 9 for icing:.
• 10 mix all icing ingredients and thin with a little milk if needed , to make a smooth icing . you may add a drop or two of food color to tint the icing . fill cooled cookies with icing.