Apple Butter-Walnut Thumbprints

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup toasted walnuts
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Parchment paper
1/2 cup Easy Apple Butter
Caramel topping

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Pulse first 5 ingredients in a food processor 10 times or until nuts are ground.
  2. Beat powdered sugar and butter at high speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer 4 minutes or until
    light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, and beat until combined. Add flour mixture, and beat at medium speed 30 seconds.
  3. Drop batter by level tablespoonfuls 1 to 2 inches apart on 3 parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Dip
    finger in cold water, and press into each cookie, forming an indentation. Fill each indentation with 1/2
    tsp. apple butter. Dip finger in cold water, and tap down peaks in apple butter.
  4. Bake 2 baking sheets at 350° for 14 minutes, placing 1 baking sheet on middle oven rack and 1 sheet on
    lower oven rack. Rotate pans front to back, and top rack to bottom rack. Bake 4 more minutes or until edges
    begin to brown. Transfer baking sheets to wire racks, and cool completely (about 10 minutes). Repeat with
    remaining baking sheet. Drizzle caramel topping over cooled cookies.

It just looks yummy in the pic