Short Bread Thumb Print Cookies

Today a friend on facebook was making banana bread and I really felt the need to bake something... but... there were no bananas in the house.. so I decided to make some cookies... I have many different shortbread cookies that I make and today I made the thumb print ones (which I use the back of spoon and not a thumb to make the print with)

I could not decide what to put in the print on these so I did a couple of different ideas.

These have chocolate melted into the print with walnuts sprinkled on top


These have a homemade coffee frosting in them


These have the same coffee frosting with chocolate drizzled over the top


cookie recipe

1 cup soft butter
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla

Mix really well.. until it is almost like fluffy

mix together

2 cups flour ( all purpose )
1/4 tsp baking powder

then add to the butter mixture and mix well

roll into small balls.. size depends on size you want your cookies.
put a "thumb print" in each one.. I use the back of the teaspoon for this.

bake at 350 for about 8 minutes... you don't want the edges to start turning brown but you want the cookie to be firm enough to move.

For the chocolate ones... as soon as they came out of the oven I filled each print with about 4 or so chocolate chips then slipped the pan back in the oven for just a minute... pulled it out and used a toothpick to swirl the chocolate then sprinkled the nuts on top.

For the coffee ones I took them off the cookie sheet and then let them cool... when they were cooled I mixed up the frosting

soften two tablespoons of butter
add in about a cup of confectioners sugar
mix it really well and then add the coffee ( instant dissolved in a tablespoon of hot water.. or... I used the tea bag coffee and made one in an inch of coffee and made it really really strong. Don't add all the coffee to the frosting. You want it thick.

I spooned the frosting into the cookies... then I took a small dropper and in the center of each frosting pile I dropped a drop of the coffee...and swirled it with a tooth pick.. if one was talented they could make some really fun designs.. I am not there yet.

For adding the chocolate drizzle I just melted some chocolate chips or could use the almond bark in the microwave.. slowly and then scooped it into a sandwich bag.. cut a tiny hole in the end and squeezed it on there.




These all taste great...and people seem to love them.. they are not great for packing up and mailing or sending home with friends though.. so everyone has to come over for some :)

Michelle

PS thank you to Dave for the new camera.. I am having so much fun with it :)