First is my grandmother's recipe for thumbprints-- I will fill the centers with colored (red and green) frosting. Second is the (awesome) ATK recipe for chocolate mint cookies, but I used the special red Andes mints instead of the normal ones. They were a little too big and harder to make look pretty- but definitely tasty.
The mint cookies are named for Mr. Woodhouse, who didn't want to leave home on a snowy Christmas and almost got snowed in at the Westons'.
The thumbprints are named for precious Mrs Smith from Persuasion-- Anne's old school friend, who is an invalid but gets a great deal of joy out of life. These are a bit fussy, with all the nuts, so you might want a Nurse Rooke to help you, but delightful in the end.
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