Pistachip Thumbprints

By LoriCaputo

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, at room temperature
• ¾ cup sifted icing sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup finely chopped pistachios or pecans
• ½ cup raspberry or apricot jam, or lemon curd

Preparation

Step 1

Place butter in a bole and cream in the sugar. Gradually stir in flour, just until mixed.

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Place the nuts in a small bowl; pinch off 1 tbs. of dough and form into a ball. Lightly roll the dough in the nuts and place on a baking sheet. Make an indent in the centre of each cookie.

Bake the cookies in the centre of a preheated oven until the edges are golden, 15 – 18 minutes. Just before serving, fill each cookie with ½ tsp. jam or lemon curd.