Candy Cane Thumbprint Cookies

These Candy Cane Thumbprint Cookies are guaranteed to be a holiday hit!

Each year at my annual Christmas cookie exchange, I try out a new recipe to share with friends.  This year I picked these moist and delicious thumbprint cookies from one of my Gooseberry Patch Christmas recipe cookbooks.  

These delicate cookies have a great mix of textures.  The mildly sweet butter cookie is a wonderful contrast to the sweet peppermint buttercream topping.  This cookie is definitely a keeper! 

*Recipe from 101 Christmas Recipes by Gooseberry Patch

Merry Christmas from my family to yours! xo~

 

Candy Cane Thumbprint Cookies

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Candy Cane Thumbprint Cookies

These delicate cookies have a great mix of textures.  The mildly sweet butter cookie is a wonderful contrast to the sweet peppermint buttercream topping. 

Servings: 36

Ingredients

For the cookie

• 2/3 cup butter softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 egg beaten
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• Garnish: finely crushed candy canes
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For the filling

• 1/4 cup butter softened
• 1/4 tsp peppermint extract
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 2-3 tsp milk I used half & half
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Instructions

1. With an electric mixer on low speed, blend softened butter, sugar and salt.  Mix in egg and vanilla.  Beat in as much flour as possible; stir in remaining flour.  Cover and chill for one hour.  Shape dough into one-inch balls; place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.  Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes, until lightly golden around edges (very lightly golden…these should be soft when cooled.)  Remove from oven; make a thumbprint in each cookie with thumb.  Cool.  Pipe filling into centers with a star tip.  Sprinkle with crushed candy canes.  

 For the Filling:

1. Blend butter and extract.  Gradually add powdered sugar and half & half to a piping consistency.  Sprinkle crushed candy canes on the frosting immediately so that they stick before icing starts to firm just a bit.