Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies (Three Ways

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp Almond extract
  • 2 oz Chocolate
  • 1/2 cup Confectioners' sugar
  • 1/2 cup Corn starch
  • 12 Hershey chocolate kisses
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 Sea salt, coarse
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Butter, unsalted

• Desserts

  • 1 Peppermint candies

• Other

  • 3 tablespoons dulce leche, softened

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Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• ½ cup confectioners sugar, sifted
• 1½ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup corn starch
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon almond extract
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 ounces chocolate, melted with ½ teaspoon peppermint extract
• crushed peppermint candies
• 3 tablespoons dulce leche, softened
• Coarse sea salt for sprinkling
• 12 hershey chocolate kisses

Directions

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment.
• In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter and confectioners sugar until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes on medium speed.
• Slowly add in the flour and cornstarch until incorporated. Beat for another 2-3 minutes on medium speed until whipped. Beat in the vanilla extract, almond extract and salt.
• With your hands lightly coated in cornstarch, scoop out ½ tablespoon dough and roll into 1-inch balls. Place the dough 2 inches apart on the prepared sheet.
• Bake for 20-22 minutes until the cookies are lightly browned on the bottom. Half way through baking, remove the cookies from oven and using your thumb, press into the middle of the cookies to form an indent. Continue baking for the rest of the time.
• Remove from oven and let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes.
• Using a piping bag, add some melted chocolate into the center of the thumbprint cookies. Top with crushed peppermint candies
• Warm up the dulce leche slightly in a microwave (about 10-15 seconds). Fill up the center of the cookies with the dulce leche. Drizzle leftover dulce leche over the cookies and sprinkle with coarse sea salt.
• Immediately out of the oven, place a Hershey Kiss in each cookie.