Jam Thumbprints

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 lb unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg, beaten with
• 1 tablespoon water for egg wash
• 7 ounces sweetened flaked coconut
• raspberry jam or apricot jam

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar in mixer and add vanilla.
• 2 sift together flour and salt and add to the creamed mixture.
• 3 mix until dough starts to come together.
• 4 dump onto a floured board and roll into a flat disk.
• 5 wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
• 6 roll dough into 1 1/4-inch balls and dip each one into the egg wash and then roll it in the coconut.
• 7 place on an ungreased cookie sheet and press a light indentation into the top of each with your finger.
• 8 drop 1/4 teaspoon of jam into each indentation.
• 9 bake at 350° for 20 to 25 minutes until coconut is golden brown.
• 10 cool on wire rack.