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Pimiento Cheese Thumbprint Cookies with Jam

From Preserving Place in Atlanta, Georgia.
Makes 3 dozen cookies
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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoons butter softened
  • 2 cups pimiento cheese homemade or store-bought
  • 2½ cups flour or more depending on looseness of pimiento cheese
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • Jam or jelly such as strawberry, lingonberry, jalapeño, or Preserving Place’s Lemon Tomato

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. In medium bowl, combine butter and pimiento cheese. Mix together until well blended. Add flour and salt to butter mixture, and mix until blended.
  3. Form dough into 1-inch balls, and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Make a thumbprint in top of each cookie. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes until very lightly browned around the edges. Remove to a wire rack to let cool completely. If thumbprint isn’t distinct enough, make indentation deeper. Once cooled, fill indentations with a dollop of jam or jelly.