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Dulce de Leche Thumbprint Cookies

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Updated Oct 3, 2022
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Meet the next stars of your cookie platter: Dulce de Leche Thumbprint Cookies! These 4-ingredient treats are rolled in sugar, baked and dolloped with dulce de leche for the perfect touch of decadence. The additional sugar adds a satisfyingly sweet crunch to these dulce de leche thumbprints, making them a surefire winner when dessert time rolls around.

Dulce de Leche Thumbprint Cookies

  • Prep Time 15 min
  • Total 1 hr 30 min
  • Ingredients 4
  • Servings 36
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F.
  • Step 
    2
    In medium bowl, crumble cookie dough; stir or knead in flour until well mixed. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER COMBINING WITH FLOUR.) Shape dough into 36 (1-inch) balls. Roll balls in sugar. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Discard any remaining sugar after rolling balls.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until edges are set and light golden brown. Using back of round metal measuring teaspoon, make 1-inch indentation in center of each cookie. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheets; remove to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • Step 
    4
    Spoon dulce de leche into resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag. Cut off small corner of bag. Twist bag above dulce de leche; squeeze to pipe about 1/2 teaspoon dulce de leche into center of each cookie. Store covered in single layer in refrigerator.

Nutrition

70 Calories
2 1/2g Total Fat
0g Protein
13g Total Carbohydrate
8g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
70
Calories from Fat
20
Total Fat
2 1/2g
4%
Saturated Fat
1g
5%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
65mg
3%
Potassium
15mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
13g
4%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
8g
Protein
0g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
2%
2%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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