As I noted in my previous post with the easy homemade turtles, I am not one for baking sweet treats, but this time of year always gets me, especially with my youngest daughter. She has that baking spirit in her, loves falling measurements (I do not), and has that look in her eye as though she just wants more and more Christmas cookies. I’ve done my share in the past, and typically only knock out one or two cookies per holiday season, but I decided I needed to make another cookie for her, along with her help, and decided to almost create a shortbread style thumbprint cookie.
Simple, easy, and quick. Perfect for me, and my daughter.
Let’s get started.
Ingredients:
- 12 tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 1/4 cup of flour
- Hershey Kisses
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Get a mixer out with a paddle attachment. Add the butter, salt, powdered sugar, salt, and vanilla, and beat on medium heat until it gets nice and creamy. Slowly pour the flour, continuing on medium heat. Once the flour is incorporated and a bit thick, slowly add in the milk and incorporate until you have a nice cookie dough.
Roll these into about teaspoon to tablespoon style balls, forming them with a pit of pressure as the dough is a bit rough. Place onto a non-greased cookie sheet, continuing until all balls are formed.
Place the cookie sheet into the preheated oven and cook for about 8-10 minutes, then remove and to each cookie, make a thumbprint in the middle of each cookie. They will be a bit hot, but my daughter could handle the heat, so it’s not all that bad.
During this time, start unwrapping the Hershey chocolate kisses.
Remove from the oven, and begin placing a Hershey kiss into each thumbprint.
Let them cool a bit, then pour yourself a nice glass of milk, and enjoy. These cookies, as though they are a bit dry like a shortbread style cookie, are simple, delicious, and perfect for the holidays. Merry Christmas everyone!