#MEwx warm, sunny and Chocolate filled Thumbprint cookies

Good morning Augusta

This morning we have partly sunny skies, becoming mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s with east winds around 10 mph becoming southeast gusting to 20 mph this afternoon.

Tonight we'll have cloudy skies with a chance of showers with areas of drizzle and fog. Lows in the mid 50s with southeast winds around 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 56.1°F, the humidity is 74% and the dew point is 48.2°F.

The wind direction is North Northeast between 0.9 MPH and 2.5 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 30.07, the Absolute pressure is 29.87 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun/clouds.

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with mostly cloudy skies.

The UV rating is  0 out of 16, The moon is 76.1% illuminated, the moon is waning Gibbous, Sunrise is 4:54 am↑ 56° Northeast, Sunset is 8:22 pm↑ 304° Northwest,

Moonrise is 12:00 midnight↑ 119° Southeast, Moonset is 9:37 am↑ 243° Southwest and we'll have 15 hours 28 minutes of daylight today.  

We didn't receive any rain  here over the past 24 hours.

CHOCOLATE-FILLED THUMBPRINT COOKIES

Cookies:

½ cup soft butter or margarine

½ tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla

½ cup brown sugar, packed

1 ½ cups sifted flour

2 Tblsp. milk

¼ cup chocolate chips, chopped

Sifted confectioner's sugar for rolling

 

1.         Heat oven to 375⁰.

2.         Mix  together butter, salt, vanilla, and brown sugar.

3.         Blend in flour, chocolate chips, and milk.

4.         Shape into 1" balls.

Place on ungreased cookie sheet; with thumb make a depression in each cookie.

5.         Bake 10-12 minutes.

6.         Roll in confectioner's sugar and cool.

Filling:

¾ cup chocolate chips

1 Tblsp. shortening

2 Tblsp. white corn syrup

1 Tblsp. water

1 tsp. vanilla

Preparations

Melt chocolate chips with shortening and stir; cool slightly.

Add corn syrup, water, and vanilla.

Heap in center of each cookie.