Thumbprint Cookies

 Original recipe from Heart's Content.

Ingredients:

• 1 c butter
• 1/2 c sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 t vanilla
• 2 1/4 c flour
• 1/2 t salt
• Christmas jam or apple butter (save till after baking)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Blend wet, whisk dry, mix together. Roll into the size of a large marble, place 4 x 6 on a cookie sheet (totalling 24 cookies per sheet).
3. Press a chop stick into the top (only halfway down--don't puncture through the bottom), moving around to create a "donut hole" shape.
4. Bake 12-14 minutes. Using a 1/4 teaspoon, scoop a dollop of jam into each cookie.

*This small size makes sharing easier at Christmastime! Bigger cookies can be made to fit 12 per pan following the same baking instructions--just create the print with your thumb instead of a chopstick.