Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, thumbprint cookies. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Mix butter and powdered sugar together with a rubber spatula until creamy. Add vanilla extract, almond extract, salt, and egg yolk. This shortbread-style thumbprint cookie is light and flaky. The salted caramel and dark chocolate add a delicious richness.
Thumbprint Cookies is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Thumbprint Cookies is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have thumbprint cookies using 10 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Thumbprint Cookies:
- Prepare 1 cup butter, softened (not melted)
- Make ready 1/3 cup white sugar
- Prepare 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
- Get 1 large egg yolk
- Take 3/4 tsp vanilla extract
- Prepare 2 1/4 cups AP flour
- Prepare 2 tsps cornstarch
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready 1/2 cup white sugar (for rolling)
- Get 1/3 cup jam or jelly of your choice
Put jelly or preserves in each thumbprint. 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. A signature Christmastime sweet, our tiny almond-flavored cookies bear the print of the baker's thumb, which is gently pressed into the partially baked cookie to create a well.
Steps to make Thumbprint Cookies:
- Beat butter with hand-mixer or stand mixer until creamy.
- Add sugars, gradually increasing speed until combine; about 30-60 seconds.
- Add the egg yolk and vanilla and beat.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, and salt.
- Gradually combined wet and dry ingredients until completely mixed; dough will be dry and crumbly.
- Scoop 1 tbsp sized balls and roll until completely round. Roll the ball in white sugar until lightly coated.
- Place dough balls on a cookie sheet and use your thumb to create an indent for the jam or jelly. Repeat until all the dough is used.
- Place dough in freezer for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Warm jam or jelly in microwave, and spoon it into the thumbprints of your cookies.
- Bake for 11 minutes, or until edges begin to become golden brown.
- Allow to cool and enjoy!
With a buttery shortbread base and warm jam center, they're the ultimate indulgence. A signature Christmastime sweet, our tiny almond-flavored cookies bear the print of the baker's thumb, which is gently pressed into the partially baked cookie to create a well. A dollop of apricot, red currant, or raspberry jam fills the center. If you use fruit preserves you've put up yourself, the signature is even more personal. Separate eggs; place egg whites into bowl and egg yolks into bowl.
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