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Orange and Pine Nut Thumbprints

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By Pillsbury Kitchens
Updated Dec 1, 2010
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Mediterranean dessert ready in 50 minutes! These orange marmalade filled baked cookies are as pretty as thumbprints with a nutty twists – perfect to treat a crowd.

Orange and Pine Nut Thumbprints

  • Prep Time 50 min
  • Total 50 min
  • Ingredients 11
  • Servings 24
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Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup pine nuts, finely chopped
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoon orange juice
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup orange marmalade

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper. Place pine nuts in small bowl. In another small bowl, mix honey and orange juice until well blended. Set aside.
  • Step 
    2
    In medium bowl, beat butter and brown sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in orange peel, vanilla and egg yolk until well blended. On low speed, beat in flour and salt until dough begins to stick together.
  • Step 
    3
    Shape dough into 1-inch balls. If necessary, flour hands for easier handling. Roll balls in honey mixture, then roll in pine nuts. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. With thumb, make indentation in center of each cookie.
  • Step 
    4
    Bake 9 to 12 minutes or until cookies are set and edges are golden brown. Remove parchment paper with cookies from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Fill each cookie with 1/2 teaspoon marmalade. Remove cookies from paper.

Nutrition

110 Calories
7g Total Fat
1g Protein
12g Total Carbohydrate
6g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
110
Calories from Fat
60
Total Fat
7g
10%
Saturated Fat
3g
15%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
20mg
6%
Sodium
55mg
2%
Potassium
50mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
12g
4%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
6g
Protein
1g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
2%
2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 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 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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