THUMBPRINT COOKIES – The Southern Woman Cooks

These traditional thumbprint cookies are a beautiful deal with throughout the vacation season, for afternoon espresso or tea, or whenever you need to make a terrific cookie.

For those who love these cookies, undoubtedly try our Classic Sugar Cookies. They’re a beautiful Christmas cookie and so enjoyable to embellish throughout the vacation season.

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

These thumbprint cookies are scrumptious sugar cookies, rolled in sugar (which you’ll be able to depart off) after which your favourite jam within the middle. They’ve a beautiful style and I don’t suppose they’re “overly” candy. They’ve the proper quantity of sweetness and are nice for Christmas, Easter, Mom’s Day, and so forth.

We love so as to add these cookies with all of our different Christmas cookies into ornamental tins to offer to our neighbors for Christmas. These make a beautiful reward.

🍴KEY INGREDIENTS

• Powdered sugar
• Butter, softened
• Egg
• Vanilla extract 
• Almond extract 
• Salt
• All-purpose flour
• White granulated sugar
• Jams, preserves or jellies.

SWAPS

You could possibly swap out the extract on this recipe and use coconut, maple, and so forth. Use no matter you suppose shall be a terrific taste with the jam you select.

🍽️HOW TO MAKE

The longest step in making these cookies is chilling the dough for half-hour. You need the fats to harden within the dough, so you’ll be able to’t skip that step.

COOKING STEPS

Step 1
Combine powdered sugar, butter, egg, vanilla extract, almond extract and salt with mixer.  Fold in flour with a spoon and make components into a big ball.  Refrigerate for half-hour. 

Step 2
Pinch off items of dough roll into small balls along with your arms. I pinch off a few tablespoon of dough for every cookie. Have the 1/3 cup of granulated sugar in a bowl. Roll the balls within the sugar and place on a baking sheet.

Step 3
I exploit the top of a picket spoon to make a gap in the midst of the cookie balls.  You should utilize your thumb or no matter works for you.  Add your favourite jams, preserves or jellies to the middle gap in every cookie.  Bake in a 325-degree preheated oven for quarter-hour.

Notice: I used blackberry jam and apricot preserves on this recipe. Makes about 2 dozen cookies relying on the scale you make them. You should utilize one and one-half teaspoons of vanilla extract within the recipe when you don’t have the almond extract.  

⭐TIP

If the dough will get heat and to laborious to work with, simply put it again into the fridge for a bit. In case your dough is sticky, you’ll want to add extra flour to work with it.

SERVE THIS WITH

For those who’re making these for a gathering, chances are you’ll need to add these scrumptious Tea Cakes. They do nice with these cookies, particularly for a bridal bathe. You can even add these scrumptious old-fashioned molasses cookies. They’re all the time successful!

❓FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

STORING

We retailer them in an hermetic container they usually preserve very effectively.

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SERVING SIZE

Makes about 2 dozen cookies, so you’ll be able to determine what number of servings that’s. You possibly can simply double the recipe.

Thumbprint Cookies

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These thumbprint cookies are a beautiful vacation cookie. Good for bridal showers, child showers, Christmas, Easter, and so forth.

Course Cookies

Delicacies American

• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 stick or 1/2 cup butter softened
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup white granulated sugar
• Favourite jams preserves or jellies

• Combine powdered sugar, butter, egg, vanilla extract, almond extract and salt with mixer. Fold in flour with spoon and make components into a big ball. Refrigerate for half-hour.

• Pinch off items of dough, roll into small balls along with your arms. I pinch off a few tablespoon of dough for every cookie. Have the 1/3 cup of granulated sugar in a bowl. Roll the balls within the sugar and place on a baking sheet.

• I exploit the top of a picket spoon to make a gap in the midst of the cookie balls. You should utilize your thumb or no matter works for you. Add your favourite jams, preserves or jellies to the middle gap in every cookie. Bake in a 325 diploma preheated oven for quarter-hour.

• I used blackberry jam and apricot preserves on this recipe. Makes about 2 dozen cookies relying on the scale you make them.

You should utilize one and one half teaspoons vanilla extract within the recipe when you don’t have the almond extract.

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