Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 27 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons milk
• 1 beaten egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 slightly beaten egg
• candied cherries or chocolate hershey chocolate kiss
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar (may need to add a little more if frosting is too thin)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 cream butter, 2/3 cup of sugar, egg yolk, milk and vanilla in a small bowl.
• 2 in another bowl combine flour, cocoa, and salt and blend them into a cream mixture.
• 3 chill dough about 1 hour or until firm enough to handle.
• 4 roll the dough into 1 inch balls.
• 5 combine the chopped nuts and 2 tbsp of sugar in a small bowl.
• 6 dip the balls in egg then the nut mixture.
• 7 place them on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
• 8 press thumbprint gently in the center of each cookie.
• 9 bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.
• 10 as soon as cookies come out of the oven place about 1/4 tsp of the vanilla filling in the print.
• 11 gently place a halved cherry or chocolate kiss in the print.
• 12 remove the cookies from the sheet and cool.