Recipe - Thumbprint Poppy Seed Cookies

1 cup Butter; room temp
=AB cup sugar
2 Egg yolks
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 cup Flour 3 tablespoon poppy seeds
1/8 teaspoon Salt
Strawberry Jelly; Opt.

using electric mixer, cream butter with sugar in large bowl. Add yolks and
vanilla an beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add flour, poppy
seed and salt and blend well. Cover and chill overnight.

Preheat oven to 375. Form dough into 1inch balls. Arrange on ungreased
baking sheets, spacing about 2 inches apart. Let soften several minutes at
room temp. Make indentation in center of each using thumb. Bake cookies
until lightly browned, 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer to racks. While still
warm, press center again with thumb. OPT:Just before serving, fill centers
with jelly.

Cooking With Bon Appetite, Cookies 1987 Posted to MMRecipes Digest V4 #208
by PMCiesla@aol.com on Aug 9, 1997