THUMBPRINT COOKIES – The Southern Girl Cooks

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

In case you love these cookies, positively try our Classic Sugar Cookies. They’re a beautiful Christmas cookie and so enjoyable to brighten 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 go away off) after which your favourite jam within the heart. They’ve a beautiful style and I don’t suppose they’re “overly” candy. They’ve the right quantity of sweetness and are nice for Christmas, Easter, Mom’s Day, and many others.

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 possibly can swap out the extract on this recipe and use coconut, maple, and many others. Use no matter you suppose will likely 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 elements into a big ball.  Refrigerate for half-hour. 

Step 2
Pinch off items of dough roll into small balls together 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 exploit the tip of a wood spoon to make a gap in the midst of the cookie balls.  You should 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.

Observe: I used blackberry jam and apricot preserves on this recipe. Makes about 2 dozen cookies relying on the scale you make them. You should use 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

In case you’re making these for a gathering, you could wish to add these scrumptious Tea Cakes. They do nice with these cookies, particularly for a bridal bathe. You may also add these scrumptious old-fashioned molasses cookies. They’re at all times successful!

❓FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

STORING

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

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SERVING SIZE

Makes about 2 dozen cookies, so you possibly can determine what number of servings that’s. You may 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 many others.

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 elements into a big ball. Refrigerate for half-hour.

• Pinch off items of dough, roll into small balls together 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 exploit the tip of a wood spoon to make a gap in the midst of the cookie balls. You should 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 should use one and one half teaspoons vanilla extract within the recipe when you don’t have the almond extract.

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