Family Recipes
If anything has ever been true about our family we love to eat and we love to eat good food there have been countless holidays where we felt like the only thing left to do was fall asleep. Here is a collection of family recipes I am building if you have a recipe you would like to add please email it to me [email protected]
My Moms (Danna Doty-Patterson-Donovan)
Thumbprint Cookies
Danna’s Christmas Thumbprint Cookies
Wet Stuff Cream Together:
2/3 cup butter
1/3 cup sugar
Add
2 Egg Yolks (keep the egg whites, you will need them)
1 tsp Vanilla
½ tsp Salt
Gradually Add
1 ½ cups sifted flour and mix well
Keep aside :
¾ cups ground walnuts
1/3 cup of your favorite jelly
Shape dough into ¾ inch balls and dip into slightly beaten egg whites
Then roll in ¾ cup finely chopped walnuts
Place on inch apart on greased cookie sheet (or better yet use parchment paper)
Press down center of each with your thumb (hence the name)
Bake at 350 degrees for 15-17 min
Cool slightly and then fill the centers with your choice of jelly
Makes about 3 dozen