Peanut Butter Thumbprints

Total Time: 29 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 9 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup jif® creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup crisco® all-vegetable shortening or 1/2 stick crisco® baking sticks all-vegetable shortening
• 3 teaspoons milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 1 3/4 cups pillsbury best® all purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup smucker's® orchard's finest® pacific mountain strawberry preserves, stirred

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 375°f
• 2 combine brown sugar, peanut butter, shortening, milk and vanilla in bowl of electric mixer; beat at medium speed until well blended. beat in egg just until blended.
• 3 combine flour, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. beat into peanut butter mixture at low speed just until blended.
• 4 shape dough into 1-inch balls. roll in granulated sugar. place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• 5 bake 6 minutes. immediately press centers of cookies with back of measuring teaspoon. bake 3 minutes longer or until cookies are set and just beginning to brown. cool 2 minutes on baking sheet.
• 6 spoon preserves into center of each cookie. place on cooling rack to cool completely.