At work, my colleagues have patiently tolerated my antics for the last month, as I encouraged a full scale “Fruit Madness” tournament (a fruity version of the basketball event). What was the point?  Oh, there was no point, just to determine the Top Fruit of All-Time, that’s all.

This Wednesday will be the championship (a Fruitapalooza of sorts) and to celebrate, this week’s “Cookie of the Week” honors the Tangy Two finalists, Blueberry v Honeycrisp Apple. So bake some up and decide for yourself.

Hey, one more “Fruit Madness” footnote, in Tuesday’s Third Place game, Avocado is pitted against Lime. Which frenemie will prevail?  It’s all in the guac.

FRUIT MADNESS COOKIES (a.k.a. Thumbprint Cookies)

1 cup Butter

¾ cup Powdered Sugar

1 teaspoon Clear Vanilla

2 cups Flour

¼ can Blueberry Pie Filling

¼ can Apple Pie Filling

½ cup White Chocolate Chips

½ Tablespoon Shortening

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Cream the butter and powdered sugar.

Mix in the clear vanilla.

Mix in the flour.

Take a Tablespoon sized ball of dough and place it on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.

Press your thumb into the ball of dough to create an imprint.

Fill the hole with either blueberry or apple filling. Alternate and you will end up with the same number of each type of cookie.

Bake for 12 minutes or until the cookie bottoms begin to brown.

Allow cookies to completely cool.

Use a microwave to melt together the white chocolate and shortening.

Drizzle over the cooled cookies.

 

Makes about 30 cookies.

Revised Source: “Cherry Pie Cookies” recipe on allrecipes.com.