Shelly's Recipe

CHEESECAKE FILLED THUMBPRINTS

Category: Cookies

Filling
4 oz cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1/8 tsp salt
1 egg yolk
1 1/2 tsp. sour cream
1/4 tsp vanilla

Cookies
1 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1/4 tsp salt
2 cups flour

Make filling first. Beat together cream cheese, sugar and salt until fluffy and smooth. Stir in egg yolk, sour cream and vanilla. Place in refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment. Beat together butter, sugar, egg yolk and salt. Stir in flour (do not over beat) and mix until dough forms. Form dough into 24 balls and set on cookie sheets. Wet finger (or use handle of a spoon) and make a deep indentation – do now worry about how wide it is yet. Cookies will spread anyway.

Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and press in middles to re-make indentations. Turn cookies sheets and bake cookies another 7 minutes or until edges start to brown a bit. Remove from oven and fill indentations with cream cheese filling, using a small tsp. Return cookies to oven and bake for another 7 minutes. Cool completely and chill.