Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, thumbprint cookies. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a 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 well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Thumbprint Cookies is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have thumbprint cookies using 10 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Thumbprint Cookies:
- Make ready 1 cup butter, softened (not melted)
- Make ready 1/3 cup white sugar
- Get 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
- Prepare 1 large egg yolk
- Make ready 3/4 tsp vanilla extract
- Prepare 2 1/4 cups AP flour
- Make ready 2 tsps cornstarch
- Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
- Get 1/2 cup white sugar (for rolling)
- Take 1/3 cup jam or jelly of your choice
Put jelly or preserves in each thumbprint. 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.
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!
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. 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. Separate eggs; place egg whites into bowl and egg yolks into bowl.
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