Subj : Valentine's Cookies - 16 To : All From : Dave Drum Date : Sat Feb 10 2024 16:43:28 MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Red Velvet Thumbprint Cookies Categories: Cookies, Cheese, Chocolate Yield: 24 servings 1 c Unsalted butter, softened 1/2 c Sugar 1 lg Egg yolk; room temp 1 ts Vanilla extract 1/2 ts Red paste food coloring 2 c A-P flour 2 tb Baking cocoa 1/2 c Coarse sugar MMMMM--------------------------FILLING------------------------------- 4 oz Cream cheese; softened 1/4 c Sugar 1 lg Egg white; room temp 1/2 ts Vanilla extract 1/4 ts Kosher salt Set oven @ 300ºF/150ºC. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg yolk, vanilla and food coloring. In another bowl, whisk flour and cocoa; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Shape into 1 balls; roll in coarse sugar. Place 2" apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Press a deep indentation in center of each with the back of a 1/2-teaspoon measuring spoon. Bake 10 minutes. Meanwhile, for filling, beat cream cheese, sugar, egg white, vanilla and salt until blended. Reshape indentations in parbaked cookies as needed. Add 1 teaspoon filling to each cookie. Bake until filling is set, 10-12 minutes longer. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Colleen Delawder, Herndon, Virginia Makes: 2 dozen RECIPE FROM: https://www.tasteofhome.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM .... I just burned 2000 calories; I fell asleep with brownies in the oven. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (1:18/200) .