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Title: Red Velvet Thumbprint Cookies
Categories: Cookies, Cheese, Chocolate
Yield: 24 servings

1 c Unsalted butter, softened
1/2 c Sugar
1 lg Egg yolk; room temp
1 ts Vanilla extract
1/2 ts Red paste food coloring
2 c A-P flour
2 tb Baking cocoa
1/2 c Coarse sugar

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4 oz Cream cheese; softened
1/4 c Sugar
1 lg Egg white; room temp
1/2 ts Vanilla extract
1/4 ts Kosher salt

Set oven @ 300ºF/150ºC.

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and
fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg yolk, vanilla and food
coloring. In another bowl, whisk flour and cocoa;
gradually beat into creamed mixture. Shape into 1 balls;
roll in coarse sugar. Place 2" apart on parchment-lined
baking sheets. Press a deep indentation in center of
each with the back of a 1/2-teaspoon measuring spoon.

Bake 10 minutes. Meanwhile, for filling, beat cream
cheese, sugar, egg white, vanilla and salt until
blended. Reshape indentations in parbaked cookies as
needed. Add 1 teaspoon filling to each cookie. Bake
until filling is set, 10-12 minutes longer. Remove to
wire racks to cool completely.

Colleen Delawder, Herndon, Virginia

Makes: 2 dozen

RECIPE FROM: https://www.tasteofhome.com

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