Restaurant Recipes

Elke's Market Cafe Praline Thumbprint Cookies

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Yield: 36 cookies

Ingredients

Cookies

  • 1 cup butter, at room temperature
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup finely- to medium-chopped pecans

Praline Sauce

  • 1/4/ cup butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup evaporated milk
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

Cookies

  1. Beat the butter until smooth, then slowly add the confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract and flour. Beat on low speed until well-blended. Stir in the pecans and mix well.
  2. Shape the dough into 1 inch diameter balls and place them on the baking sheet about 1 1/2 inches apart. Use your thumb to press down the center of each ball, to make a depression that will later be filled with Praline Sauce.
  3. Bake for 11 to 13 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies are very light brown. Do not over-bake. Meanwhile, make Praline Sauce.

Praline Sauce

  1. Combine butter, brown sugar, evaporated milk and salt in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture starts bubbling. Reduce the heat to low and cook for 5 minutes longer.
  2. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in granulated sugar and vanilla extract.
  3. Remove cookies from oven and place the baking sheet on a wire rack. Let the cookies cool on the parchment paper on the baking sheet. While the cookies are cooling, make the Praline Sauce. Working quickly, spoon a little of the Praline Sauce into the depression in each cookie.
  4. Let the cookies set for at least one hour before storing or eating.

Nutrition

Per cookie: Cal 143 (54% fat) Fat 9g (4g sat) Trace fiber Chol 17mg Sodium 85mg Carb 15g Calcium 11mg

Attribution

Elke Marsh, Elke's Market Cafe, Allen, Texas - dallasnews.com



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