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      Title: Red Velvet Thumbprint Cookies
 Categories: Cookies, Cheese, Chocolate
      Yield: 24 servings

      1 c  Unsalted butter; softened
    1/2 c  Sugar
      1 lg Egg yolk; room temperature
      1 ts Vanilla extract
    1/2 ts Red paste food coloring
      2 c  A-P flour
      2 tb Baking cocoa
    1/2 c  Coarse sugar

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      4 oz Cream cheese; softened
    1/4 c  Sugar
      1 lg Egg white; room temperature
    1/2 ts Vanilla extract
    1/4 ts Kosher salt

  Set oven @ 300°F/150°C.

  In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy,
  5-7 minutes. Beat in egg yolk, vanilla and food coloring. In
  another bowl, whisk flour and cocoa; gradually beat into creamed
  mixture. Shape into 1 balls; roll in coarse sugar. Place 2" apart
  on parchment-lined baking sheets. Press a deep indentation in
  center of each with the back of a 1/2 ts measuring spoon.

  Bake 10 minutes. Meanwhile, for filling, beat cream cheese, sugar,
  egg white, vanilla, and salt until blended. Reshape indentations in
  parbaked cookies as needed. Add 1 ts filling to each cookie. Bake
  until filling is set, 10-12 minutes longer. Remove to wire racks to
  cool completely.

  Recipe by Colleen Delawder, Herndon, Virginia

  RECIPE FROM: https://www.tasteofhome.com

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