Guide to Make Thumbprint Cookies in 31 Minutes for Mom

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, thumbprint cookies. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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

Thumbprint cookies are a Christmas tradition. Use your favorite jam to fill them, or use different Shape dough into balls. Roll in egg white, then walnuts.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have thumbprint cookies using 10 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Thumbprint Cookies:

1. Get 1 cup butter, softened (not melted)
2. Prepare 1/3 cup white sugar
3. Make ready 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
4. Make ready 1 large egg yolk
5. Get 3/4 tsp vanilla extract
6. Prepare 2 1/4 cups AP flour
7. Make ready 2 tsps cornstarch
8. Take 1/2 tsp salt
9. Take 1/2 cup white sugar (for rolling)
10. Get 1/3 cup jam or jelly of your choice

These classic thumbprint cookies are made with a simple sugar cookie dough, rolled in sparkling sugar, and then indented and filled with your choice of jam! Thumbprint Cookies are a very popular holiday cookie. They are made with an enriched shortbread dough that is formed into balls and then rolled in finely chopped nuts or dried coconut. These classic Thumbprint Cookies combine soft, buttery shortbread cookies with your favorite fillings for the perfect Christmas.

Instructions to make Thumbprint Cookies:

1. Beat butter with hand-mixer or stand mixer until creamy.
2. Add sugars, gradually increasing speed until combine; about 30-60 seconds.
3. Add the egg yolk and vanilla and beat.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, and salt.
5. Gradually combined wet and dry ingredients until completely mixed; dough will be dry and crumbly.
6. Scoop 1 tbsp sized balls and roll until completely round. Roll the hall in white sugar until lightly coated.
7. 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.
8. Place dough in freezer for 30 minutes.
9. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
10. Warm jam or jelly in microwave, and spoon it into the thumbprints of your cookies.
11. Bake for 11 minutes, or until edges begin to become golden brown.
12. Allow to cool and enjoy!

Homemade thumbprint cookies aren't just some recipe. These are cookies that my family has been making for pretty much my entire life. To make "thumbprint" cookies, you literally place a thumbprint into each individual cookie and fill the indentation with jam. The coconut in this recipe gives the cookies a wonderful crunch and sweetness. Thumbprint Cookies are an absolute classic, beloved by all, but not always homemade.

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