The Best Thumbprint Cookie Ever

By pjones-2

Ingredients

• 1 cup soft butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• Icing
• 1 pound powder sugar
• 1 stick butter
• 1/2 to 1 tsp of vanilla according to your taste
• 1/4 cup of milk

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 350 degrees
Mix sugar, egg yolks and vanilla.
Mix flour and salt
Blend mixtures and make1 tsp dough into balls.
Dip in slightly beaten egg whites and roll into finely chopped walnuts (2 cups)
Place on baking sheet and press thumb into center of each ball.Bake 10 to 12 minutes. My oven takes about 15 minutes

Mix icing ingredients together and divide into ever how many different colors you want and add food coloring to each bowel. Fill thumb print of cookie with icing.