Easiest Way to Make Perfect Thumbprint Cookies

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, thumbprint cookies. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Browse For Yummy & Hassle-Free Cookie Recipes From Kraft®. I was looking for a quick thumbprint cookie that didn't require refrigeration and here was Chef John's recipe to save the day! Perfect shortbread tastes fantastic and looks beautiful! The texture of the shortbread is perfection and the buttery not-too-sweet flavor compliments the jam wonderfully.

Thumbprint Cookies is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Thumbprint Cookies is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have thumbprint cookies using 8 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Thumbprint Cookies:

1. Make ready 226 grams Butter, room temperature
2. Take 100 grams White sugar
3. Prepare 2 Egg yolks, room temperature
4. Take 1 tsp Vanilla extract
5. Take 1 tsp Almond extract
6. Get 260 grams All purpose flour
7. Prepare 1/4 tsp Salt (can omit if using salted butter)
8. Prepare 240 ml Jam, as needed (you probably won't need this much) I used strawberry fruit spread

Thumbprint cookies are a Christmas tradition. Use your favorite jam to fill them, or use different flavors for a variety. Jam thumbprints are one of the most classic Christmas cookies (and we hear they're one of Santa's favorites!). With a buttery shortbread base and warm jam center, they're the ultimate indulgence.

Steps to make Thumbprint Cookies:

1. Preheat oven to 350F/180C
2. Add butter to bowl and mix for a few seconds until soft. Make sure to scrape down the bowl occasionally.
3. Add sugar at once to the butter and cream for 5 minutes or until pale and fluffy. Remember to scrape down the bowl.
4. Add egg yolks one at a time, mixing thoroughly after each addition. Also add the extracts.
5. In a separate bowl, mix flour and salt together with a whisk or a sifter. Add the flour mix to the butter mix. Dough will look crumbly at first, but will then become sticky.
6. Place bowl in fridge for about 10 minutes or until the butter firms up and it's easy to shape into balls.
7. Once the dough is firm, scoop out with a small spoon and form into balls onto a prepared baking sheet.
8. Once all the dough is formed, either take the back of a spoon or a clean finger and press down on the tops of the balls, forming an indentation. If the sides crack, do your best to shape the edges. You want a good sized well to hold your jam.
9. Place a spoonful of jam in each indentation. Make sure not to fill them too much or the jam will bubble out.
10. Place in the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes. Cookies will be done when they're set with a very light brown on the edges and the jam starts to bubble.
11. Let cool and enjoy! With the jam, these cookies last a few days before making the cookies too soft and crumbly. If you prefer, you can fill the cookies after you baked them. You can also did what I did and give them a drizzle. Some leftover dark chocolate ganache compliments the sweet strawberry jam.

Jam thumbprints are one of the most classic Christmas cookies (and we hear they're one of Santa's favorites!). With a buttery shortbread base and warm jam center, they're the ultimate indulgence. Dip each into egg white; roll in nuts. Make indentation in center of each cookie with thumb or back of teaspoon. Remove cookies from oven; fill centers with choice of filling.

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