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CORNMEAL GUAVA THUMBPRINT COOKIES

You won't believe how easy it is to make these cookies. Serve them with toss of tropical fruits, such as mango, pineapple, papaya and banana.

1 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup cornmeal
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg yolk
3/4 teaspoon vanilla

Guava jelly or apricot-pineapple preserves

Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine all purpose flour, cornmeal, ground cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat unsalted butter and brown sugar in large bowl until fluffy. Mix in egg yolk and vanilla extract. Mix in dry ingredients.

Form dough into 1-inch balls. Arrange on ungreased baking sheet, spacing 1 1/2 inches apart. Make depression in center of each using thumb or handle of wooden spoon. Fill depressions with jelly. Continue baking until bottoms of cookies are brown, about 10 minutes. Cool on rack. (Can be prepared 1 week ahead. Refrigerate in airtight container.)

Makes about 2 dozen.

Bon Appétit
August 1992


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Oh, I got your jelly riiiiight here....

Comments

[exedore.livejournal.com]

Bon Appetit rocks, my mother's been a subscriber for at least as long as I've been alive. The recipes are usually nicer than most people make on a regular occasion, but when you do they're pretty simple and straightforward as well as creative.

Now if only it was so easy to translate that recipe (and this one for sachertorte) into German...

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Yum! I'm participating in a cookie exchange this winter, and that one's definitely going in the "to try out" pile. :)