Salted Caramel Thumbprint Cookies

Name: Salted Caramel Thumbprint Cookies
Prep time: 40 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 48 cookies
Ingredients: Cookie; 2/3 cup Land O Lakes® Unsalted Butter softened; 1/2 cup granulated sugar; 2 large Land O Lakes® Eggs (yolks only); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt, if desired; Filling; 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 1/4 cup Land O Lakes® Unsalted Butter; 2 tablespoons Land O Lakes® Heavy Whipping Cream; Sea salt

This sweet and salty combination is a new twist on the classic shortbread thumbprint.

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40 min

Prep Time

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Ingredients

²/₃ cup Land O Lakes® Unsalted Butter, softened

¹/₂ cup granulated sugar

2 large Land O Lakes® Eggs (yolks only)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 ¹/₂ cups all-purpose flour

¹/₂ teaspoon salt, if desired

Filling

¹/₃ cup firmly packed brown sugar

¹/₄ cup Land O Lakes® Unsalted Butter

2 tablespoons Land O Lakes® Heavy Whipping Cream

Sea salt

How to make

STEP 1

Combine 2/3 cup butter, granulated sugar, egg yolks and vanilla in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt, if desired; beat at low speed until well mixed. Cover; refrigerate at least 1 hour or until firm.
STEP 2

Heat oven to 375ºF.
STEP 3

Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Make indentation in center of each cookie with thumb or end of wooden spoon handle. (Edges may crack slightly.) Bake 7-10 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Cool completely.
STEP 4

Combine brown sugar and 1/4 cup butter in small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture begins to boil. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir in whipping cream. Cool caramel mixture about 15 minutes.
STEP 5

Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon caramel mixture into center of each cooled cookie. Let caramel set about 5 minutes. Sprinkle tops of each cookie lightly with sea salt.