THUMBELINA COOKIES

These precious Thumbelina cookies go way way back! I have fun memories of my mom and spooning the colored frosting into the little dents of the buttery and tasty cookies! Tasty Tuesday at it's best with cookies!

They always add that perfect touch of color to all my cookie platters and trays as well. They are so tasty that sometimes I pop the whole thing into my mouth as you can make them kind of tiny and almost bite sized!

Plus, I always loved the fairytale Thumbelina and these petite little cookies carry that name perfectly! They truly are so incredibly yummy. I make a couple other Dent cookies but these are definitely my favorite and one of the many baking traditions of the Christmas season!

THUMBELINA COOKIES

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/4 cup white sugar

1 egg yolk, beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

FROSTING

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cup powdered sugar

2 tsp vanilla

red and green food colorings

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350°. Cream together the butter and sugar. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. Blend in the flour and salt. Shape into 1-inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Dent center of each ball. Bake for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven, dent center again, and bake for 8 to 10 minutes longer. Cool. For frosting, beat first 3 ingredients until fluffy. Divide frosting in half by placing in two different bowls. Tint each half, one with red food coloring and one with green food coloring to your desired color. Fill in dents with frosting.

Before frosting

My desired tints

So cute and delish!

Sorry, I did not post yesterday. I was in Chicago at a TV station and holiday luncheon with some blogging friends and will share more on Friday. Come back tomorrow for a sweet Style Six festive post and I hope you all have a fabulous day!

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LITTLE IRISH GIRL COOKIES

I could not let the Luck O' The Irish holiday coming up go by without posting a little festive treat! Hence these green, Little Irish Girl cookies were born. Irish runs deep in our blood, our football blood that is...being tried and true Notre Dame Fighting Irish fans, I get extra excited with anything green and the name Irish attached.

Now, let's get to these lil green nuggets of sweetness....Sooo CUTE! AND YUMMY!!

  

I have made several variations of the beloved Thumbelina cookies like these. I truly think these turned out the best...they literally just melt in your mouth and the frosting is so light and fluffy. The key is whipping the butter with your beaters for at least 2-3 minutes.

What you'll need

LITTLE IRISH GIRL COOKIES

Ingredients

Cookie

1/2 cup softened Butter

1/4 cup sugar

1 egg yolk, well beaten

1 tsp. Vanilla

4-5 drops green food coloring

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp salt

Frosting

1/2 cup softened Butter

1 1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

2 tsp. Bailey's Coffee Creamer (Optional) and not the Alcohol

2-3 drops food coloring

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together the butter and sugar, beat in egg, vanilla and food coloring. Blend in flour and salt. Shape into 1" balls. Place on ungraded cookie sheet. Dent center of each ball (I used the end of a wooden spoon). Bake 5 minutes. Remove from oven, dent again, bake 8-10 minutes longer. Cool. Beat all frosting ingredients until fluffy. Fill cookies with green tinted frosting. Store in airtight container. 

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