Published: Friday, June 11, 2010
The Forum: Where'd thumbprint go wrong?
Believe it or not, we've just lucked into two more new and different recipes for thumbprint cookies, and they'll be coming up in Monday's Forum column.
First, though, we need to get to the bottom of a problem Constance Webster is having with a previous recipe.
“As for the thumbprint cookies that ran in your Forum on May 28 that Jeanne Metzler of Marysville sent in, I followed the recipe to a tee and had a very bad time trying to get the cookies to stick together to roll into a ball. “I rolled as best as I could, then put my thumbprint in the cookies, my thumb stuck to the cookie dough and made a terrible mess. Plus, the cookies stuck to the cookie sheet.
“I'd like to know what I did wrong. PLEASE HELP, as I want to make these for my senior lady friends when I serve them lunch. We are all over 75 years of age. Thanks for any help anyone can give me.”
OK, you unfailingly wonderful Forum problem solvers, if you can nail down the miserable culprit here that's causing such a monkeywrench in Constance's cookie-making plan, or have a favorite recipe to share or a question of your own about something or other, please write to Judyrae Kruse at the Forum, c/o The Herald, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98206.
As you hopefully do know, we are always happy to receive your contributions and requests, but please remember that all letters and e-mail must include a name, complete address with ZIP code and telephone number with area code. No exceptions and sorry, but no response to e-mail by return e-mail; send to kruse@heraldnet.com.
Now, so you can review the recipe, here it is again:
Thumbprint cookies
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/4 cup shortening
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg, separated
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup finely chopped nuts
Jelly
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix thoroughly the butter, shortening, sugar, egg yolk and vanilla. Work in flour and salt until dough holds together. Shape dough by teaspoonfuls into 1-inch balls.
Beat egg white slightly. Dip each dough ball into egg white; roll in nuts. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet; press thumb deeply in center of each. Bake about 10 minutes or until light brown. Immediately remove from baking sheet. Cool; fill thumbprint with jelly. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
Chocolate thumbprint cookies: Substitute 1/2 cup granulated sugar for the 1/4 cup of brown sugar; add 1 ounce melted unsweetened chocolate (cool) with the vanilla.
The next Forum will appear in Monday's Good Life section.
First, though, we need to get to the bottom of a problem Constance Webster is having with a previous recipe.
“As for the thumbprint cookies that ran in your Forum on May 28 that Jeanne Metzler of Marysville sent in, I followed the recipe to a tee and had a very bad time trying to get the cookies to stick together to roll into a ball. “I rolled as best as I could, then put my thumbprint in the cookies, my thumb stuck to the cookie dough and made a terrible mess. Plus, the cookies stuck to the cookie sheet.
“I'd like to know what I did wrong. PLEASE HELP, as I want to make these for my senior lady friends when I serve them lunch. We are all over 75 years of age. Thanks for any help anyone can give me.”
OK, you unfailingly wonderful Forum problem solvers, if you can nail down the miserable culprit here that's causing such a monkeywrench in Constance's cookie-making plan, or have a favorite recipe to share or a question of your own about something or other, please write to Judyrae Kruse at the Forum, c/o The Herald, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98206.
As you hopefully do know, we are always happy to receive your contributions and requests, but please remember that all letters and e-mail must include a name, complete address with ZIP code and telephone number with area code. No exceptions and sorry, but no response to e-mail by return e-mail; send to kruse@heraldnet.com.
Now, so you can review the recipe, here it is again:
Thumbprint cookies
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/4 cup shortening
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg, separated
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup finely chopped nuts
Jelly
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix thoroughly the butter, shortening, sugar, egg yolk and vanilla. Work in flour and salt until dough holds together. Shape dough by teaspoonfuls into 1-inch balls.
Beat egg white slightly. Dip each dough ball into egg white; roll in nuts. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet; press thumb deeply in center of each. Bake about 10 minutes or until light brown. Immediately remove from baking sheet. Cool; fill thumbprint with jelly. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
Chocolate thumbprint cookies: Substitute 1/2 cup granulated sugar for the 1/4 cup of brown sugar; add 1 ounce melted unsweetened chocolate (cool) with the vanilla.
The next Forum will appear in Monday's Good Life section.
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