Apricot Cream Cheese Thumbprints Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Combine butter, sugar and cream cheese; mix until well blended.
• Blend in egg and lemon juice; mix well.
• Add flour and baking powder; mix well.
• Chill at least 3 hours.
• Shape into 1" balls.
• Place on ungreased baking sheet; make indentation in center with your thumb or the back of a spoon.
• Fill indentation with 1 tsp (approximately) of apricot preserves.
• Bake for 15 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cool.
• Dust with powdered sugar.

Steps:

• 1. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter on medium high 3 minutes, until light and fluffy. Add sugar and beat 1 minute.
• 2. Gradually add flour, on low speed, and mix until combined. Cover and chill 2 hours.
• 3. Scoop 2 Tablespoons at a time and place on baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Press thumb in the middle and fill with 1 teaspoon preserves. Bake 10 minutes. Let set on baking sheet 10 minutes and remove to cooling rack.

Steps:

• Cream the Butter, Shortening Cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• Mix flour and salt in a separate bowl.
• Add flour mixture in small batches to the butter mixture mixing well.
• Chill dough for 2-3 hours.
• Roll into 1"balls dip in egg white and roll in chopped nuts.
• Fill with Raspberry or Apricot Jam.
• Bake at 350 for 10-13 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat cake mix, flour, oil, 4 eggs, cinnamon and ginger until well blended., In a shallow bowl, whisk water and remaining eggs. Place half of the pecans in another shallow bowl. Shape dough into 1-in. balls. Dip in egg mixture, then coat with pecans, adding remaining pecans to bowl as needed. Place cookies 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets., Press a deep indentation in center of each cookie with the end of a wooden spoon handle. Fill each indentation with preserves. Bake 12-14 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar and enough water to reach a drizzling consistency. Drizzle over cookies. Let stand until set.