RFCJ RECIPE ARCHIVE
Posted by : Mimi Hiller Cookies: Chocolate Thumbprint - dairy
I'll be making this again this year. I really shouldn't... they're so good, I can just sit there munching on them forever. In the center of the chocolate filling, I like to pipe a tiny Magen David or a dreidel with white or blue icing (using a #1 or #2 tip). --Mimi 3 cups flour 1 cup butter 1 cup brown sugar 3 tsp vanilla 1/4 cup milk 12-oz pkg chocolate chips 2 tbs shortening 1/4 cup light Karo syrup (a corn syrup) 2 tsp vanilla powdered sugar Chop 1/4 of the chocolate chips. Sift flour. Blend butter, brown sugar, and 3 tsp vanilla. Stir in flour, milk, and chopped chips. Shape in 1/2-inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Make depression in center of each cookie with thumb. Bake 10-12 minutes at 375F. Roll in powdered sugar. Combine over hot water the rest of the chips and the shortening. Stir until melted. Remove from heat. Stir in Karo, 2 tbs water, and the 2 tsp vanilla. (I usually add some Tuaca, or maybe Amaretto, as well.) Fill each cookie. Makes about 4 dozen.
