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1986 Winner: Almond Thumbprint Cookies

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Serving Size :60
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Categories :Bars and Cookies Cookies

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 c Sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 c Sugar
1/4 ts Salt
1 c Butter
3/4 c Grated unblanched almonds
2 ts Vanilla
6 tb Butter
1/3 c Half-and-half
2/3 c Packed brown sugar
2 c Confectioners' sugar
1/2 ts Vanilla
Chopped pistachio nuts
For garnish

Preparation time: 45 minutes Baking time: 16 minutes 1. Heat oven to 350
degrees. For cookies, sift flour, sugar and salt into bowl. Cut in 1 cup
butter with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Blend in
almonds and vanilla. Work mixture with fingers until a ball of dough is
formed. Then shape into 1-inch balls. 2. Place balls on greased cookie
sheets; make a depression in center of each cookie. Bake about 8 minutes;
remove from oven. Dent again and bake about 8 minutes longer; cool. 3. For
frosting, blend 6 tablespoons butter, half-and-half and brown sugar in
saucepan. Boil 2 minutes, stirring constantly; remove from heat. Cool about
15 minutes, then stir in confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Beat until
smooth and thick. 4. Fill depressions in cookies with butterscotch frosting
and sprinkle frosting with nuts. Winner Penney L. Haney of Kenosha
described these cookies: "Oh, the aroma! Dad knew his 'girls' had been
baking as soon as he stepped in the back door, brushing snowflakes from his
coat. He warmed his hands over the hot oven, slowly recovering feeling in
his fingertips, numb from stringing red, yellow, blue, green and white
lights in the pines in the yard. His chore and our special treat combined
each year to mark the beginning of our holiday preparations. "While
chatting to Mom about trying to locate the single, burned-out bulb that had
kept an entire strand out, he watched me, his tiny daughter, with not so
dexterous fingers, shaping dough into big marbles. I had to kneel on a
wooden chair to reach the table, with Mom's brightly-colored apron wrapped
around me nearly twice, held together in back by a giant safety pin." A
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