Easy Quick Thumbprint Cookies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (15 1/2 ounce) box pillsbury nut bread mix
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese (softened)
• 1/3-1/2 cup apricot preserves (or jam, seedless works best) or 1/3-1/2 cup raspberry preserves (or jam, seedless works best)
• 2 tablespoons butter (melted)
• 1 tablespoon hot water
• 1 teaspoon hot water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 mix the nut bread mix with the milk and cream cheese to form a dough.
• 2 roll dough into 1 inch balls and place on greased cookie sheet 2 inches apart.
• 3 make an indentation in the center of the ball with your thumb and place 1/2 teaspoon of preserves or jam into the indentation.
• 4 bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned.
• 5 cool 1 minute on baking sheet then remove to rack to cool completely.
• 6 glaze: melt butter in microwave safe bowl then add vanilla and hot water. mix in powedered sugar and stir until smooth. drizzle glaze over cookies in a back and forth manner to create glazed stripes on top of the cookies. allow glaze to harden -- enjoy!