Thumbprint Cookies

1 C Parkay margarine
1/4 C sugar
1 t vanilla
2 C fruit
1/4 t salt

1. Cream margarine and sugar.

2. Mix in the rest of the ingredients.

3. Roll into tiny balls (about the size of a penny) and push your thumb in to make an indentation that can later be filled with frosting.

4. Bake about 20 minutes at 300 degrees.

5. Let cool then fill with frosting.


Frosting for Thumbprint Cookies

1/2 C powdered sugar
1/2 t almond extract
Food coloring

Enough water to make it runny enough to drip from a spoon but thick enough that it will set up after it is dropped.

Mix together and drop from spoon into indentation in cookies.

Makes 50-60 cookies.

June 6, 2010