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> 1986 Winner: Almond Thumbprint Cookies
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> Serving Size :60
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> Categories :Bars and Cookies Cookies
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> Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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> 2 c Sifted all-purpose flour
> 1/2 c Sugar
> 1/4 ts Salt
> 1 c Butter
> 3/4 c Grated unblanched almonds
> 2 ts Vanilla
> 6 tb Butter
> 1/3 c Half-and-half
> 2/3 c Packed brown sugar
> 2 c Confectioners' sugar
> 1/2 ts Vanilla
> Chopped pistachio nuts
> For garnish
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> Preparation time: 45 minutes Baking time: 16 minutes 1. Heat oven to 350
> degrees. For cookies, sift flour, sugar and salt into bowl. Cut in 1 cup
> butter with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Blend
> in almonds and vanilla. Work mixture with fingers until a ball of dough
> is formed. Then shape into 1-inch balls. 2. Place balls on greased
> cookie sheets; make a depression in center of each cookie. Bake about 8
> minutes; remove from oven. Dent again and bake about 8 minutes longer;
> cool. 3. For frosting, blend 6 tablespoons butter, half-and-half and
> brown sugar in saucepan. Boil 2 minutes, stirring constantly; remove from
> heat. Cool about 15 minutes, then stir in confectioners' sugar and
> vanilla. Beat until smooth and thick. 4. Fill depressions in cookies with
> butterscotch frosting and sprinkle frosting with nuts. Winner Penney L.
> Haney of Kenosha described these cookies: "Oh, the aroma! Dad knew his
> 'girls' had been baking as soon as he stepped in the back door, brushing
> snowflakes from his coat. He warmed his hands over the hot oven, slowly
> recovering feeling in his fingertips, numb from stringing red, yellow,
> blue, green and white lights in the pines in the yard. His chore and our
> special treat combined each year to mark the beginning of our holiday
> preparations. "While chatting to Mom about trying to locate the single,
> burned-out bulb that had kept an entire strand out, he watched me, his
> tiny daughter, with not so dexterous fingers, shaping dough into big
> marbles. I had to kneel on a wooden chair to reach the table, with Mom's
> brightly-colored apron wrapped around me nearly twice, held together in
> back by a giant safety pin." A great recipe from: The Recipe Collector
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