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     Title: Thumbprint Cookies-Part 1
Categories: Cookies
     Yield: 21 servings

     1 c  Butter or margarine;
          -softened
   2/3 c  Sugar
     2    Egg yolks
   1/2 ts Vanilla extract
 2 1/4 c  All-purpose flour
   1/4 ts Salt
          Chocolate frosting or
          Powdered sugar glaze
          Recipes on part 2

 Recipe by: Southern Living
 Preparation Time: 0:40
 Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed
 of an electric mixer until light and fluffy.  Add egg
 yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
 Stir in vanilla. Combine flour and salt;  add to creamed
 mixture, mixing well.  Chill dough at least 1 hour. Shape
 dough into 1-inch balls; place about 2 inches apart on
 ungreased cookie sheets.  Press thumb in each cookie
 leaving an indention.  Bake at 300 degrees for 20 to 25
 minutes; do not brown.
 Cool on wire racks.  Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon Chocolate
 Frosting or Powdered Sugar Glaze in each cookie indention.
 Yield:  3-1/2 dozen.
  Recipe continues on Thumbprint Cookies-Part 2.

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