THUMBPRINT COOKIES

Ingredients.....1 cup of butter/ marg, at room temp, 2/3rds cup of castor sugar, 2 egg yolks, lightly beaten, 1 tsp of vanilla extract, 2 and 1/3rd cups of plain flour, 1/4 tsp of salt, icing sugar for sprinkling, fruit jam of your choice/ nutella or lemon curd. Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Line two baking sheets with baking paper. Cream the butter/ marg in the bowl of your electric mixer on low speed, gradually add the castor sugat and increase the speed to medium and beat until light and fluffy. Now add the lightly beaten egg yolks and the vanilla extract and beat well to combine. Mix the flour and salt together and add to the creamed mixture, mixing well. Cover and refrigerate the dough for 2 hours. Roll the dough into 1" balls and place about 2" apart on the baking sheets. Press your thumb in each ball leaving an indentation. bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. Cool the cookies on wire racks. To finish sprinkle the cookies with icing sugar and place 1/2 tsp of jam of your choice, Nutella or lemon curd in each cookie indentation.