15 Days of Baking..Part II

Well, here it is...my second year of doing 15 days of baking. I feel a little more organized this year than I did last year(which is a good thing). Last year was a little wreckless and unorganized and not thought out and was a last minute idea.
I will be posting all 15 days on here with the recipe. If there are a few days without a recipe, that means it is a family recipe which I will not be sharing. (we can't give every little thing away, right?) Hope you enjoy the next 15 days.

Contest Rules:
Every time you comment on my baking pictures(FB or my blog) over the next 15 days, your name will be put into a jar and at the end of the 15 days I will draw a name. Whoever's name I draw will be the lucky winner of a sample of all 15 days worth of baking. Enjoy!
Ok..deep breathe....here we gooooooooooo.....

Day 1 - Raspberry-Orange Thumbprints

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. grated orange peel
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
powdered sugar, if desired
1/4 cup raspberry jam (or other favorite flavour)

 In large bowl, beat butter with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy; add sugar, beating until blended. Add egg, orange peel and vanilla; beat until blended. On low speed, beat in flour and salt until blended. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refridgerate for 1 hour.
 Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. On cookie sheet, place balls 2-inches apart. Press thumb into center of each cookie to make indentation, but do not press all the way to the cookie sheet.
 Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until light golden brown. Quickly remake indentation with end of wooden spoon. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack; cool completely. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Fill each thumbprint with a dollop of jam.