Helen, these cookies are absolutely my favorite Christmas cookies. We call them Santa Thumb Prints, though. Last year I used assorted jellies. Strawberry, raspberry, and grape. Blackberry is good, too. I tried homemade peach preserves, but it was too thin. :) Shannon Wells On Dec 16, 2011, at 8:16 AM, Helen Whitehead wrote:
> COCONUT THUMBPRINT COOKIES > > 1/2 c. butter flavor shortening > 1/2 c. sugar > 1 egg, separated > 3/4 c. unsifted all-purpose flour > 1/4 tsp. salt > 1/4 tsp. baking powder > 2/3 c. flaked coconut > 1/4 c. jam or jelly > 1 tsp. vanilla > > Oven at 375 degrees. Grease baking sheets. Cream shortening, sugar, egg yolk > and vanilla. Combine flour, salt, baking powder. Add to creamed > mixture. Blend well. Form balls about 1 inch. Beat egg white and roll > ball in egg white and then in coconut. Place on baking sheet. Make > shallow depression with thumb in each cookie. Fill with 1/2 teaspoon > preserves. Bake 8- 10 minutes or until coconut begins to brown. Cool > on baking sheet 1 or 2 minutes. Makes 2 dozen. > > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
