Chocolate Almond Thumbprints

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 Land O Lakes All-Natural Egg yolk
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 to 3 tablespoons Land O Lakes Half & Half or Fat Free Half & Half or milk
• Sliced almonds

1. Heat oven to 325F.
2. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt in bowl; set aside.
3. Combine 1 cup butter, sugar and vanilla in large bowl.
4. Beat at medium speed until creamy.
5. Add egg yolk, continue beating until well mixed.
6. Add flour mixture; beat at low speed until well mixed.
7. Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
8. Place 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
9. Make small indentation in center of each cookie with thumb or back of teaspoon.
10. Bake 10-11 minutes or until set.
11. Cool 3 minutes on cookie sheet; remove to cooling rack.
12. Cool completely.
13. Combine all filling ingredients except half & half in medium bowl.
14. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often and gradually adding enough half & half for desired piping consistency.
15. Spoon filling into large disposable pastry bag fitted with large star tip.
16. Pipe filling into indent in each cookie.
17. Insert 5 sliced almonds sideways in a spiral pattern into filling.

flour, unsweetened cocoa, baking powder, salt, butter, sugar, vanilla, egg yolk, powdered sugar, butter, almond, milk, almonds

Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/3679/chocolate-almond-thumbprints (may not work)