SECRET TREAT THUMBPRINTS

Pastry Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 sticks butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 egg yolks

Filling Ingredients:
1 jar favorite jam or preserves, or
1 jar of maraschino cherries, or
1 package chocolate candy kisses

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Blend all of the pastry ingredients together.
Break off walnut-sized pieces of dough and roll them into balls.
Place the balls on a lightly greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
Flatten each ball in the center.
Fill the centers with jam, preserves, maraschino cherries or chocolate candy kisses.
Bake for 25 minutes.
Let cool on a wire rack.

Makes about 36 cookies.



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