These traditional thumbprint cookies are an exquisite deal with through the vacation season, for afternoon espresso or tea, or if you wish to make an ideal cookie.

Should you love these cookies, positively take a look at our Traditional Sugar Cookies. They’re an exquisite Christmas cookie and so enjoyable to embellish through 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 an exquisite 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 on.

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 an exquisite present.

🍴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 on. Use no matter you suppose can be an ideal 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 possibly can’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 fingers. 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 take advantage of the tip of a wood spoon to make a gap in the midst of the cookie balls.  You need to use 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 need to use one and one-half teaspoons of vanilla extract within the recipe should you don’t have the almond extract.  

⭐TIP

If the dough will get heat and to onerous 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

Should you’re making these for a gathering, you could wish to add these scrumptious Tea Truffles. They do nice with these cookies, particularly for a bridal bathe. You can too add these scrumptious old school molasses cookies. They’re at all times successful!

❓FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

STORING

We retailer them in an hermetic container and so they preserve very nicely.

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SERVING SIZE

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

Thumbprint Cookies

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These thumbprint cookies are an exquisite vacation cookie. Good for bridal showers, child showers, Christmas, Easter, and so on.

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 fingers. 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 take advantage of the tip of a wood spoon to make a gap in the midst of the cookie balls. You need to use 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 need to use one and one half teaspoons vanilla extract within the recipe should you don’t have the almond extract.

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