Thumbprint Cookies
Thumbprint cookies are super easy to make and light and delicious. Each cookie is topped with the jam of your choice for a tasty treat.
Servings: 24
Calories: 148kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup Unsalted Butter softened at room temperature
- 2/3 cup Sugar plus 3 Tbsp for rolling the cookies in
- 1 Large Egg Yolk
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 2 1/4 cup All Purpose Flour
- 1/3 cup Jam or Preserves flavor or your choice, I love using Strawberry, Raspberry or Apricot
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cream together the butter and sugar in a large bowl with a stand up mixer or a hand held mixer.
- Then mix in the egg yolk, vanilla extract and salt. Mix until well combined.
- Then mix int the flour until well combined.
- Scoop the out the cookie dough with a cookie scoop or tablespoon and roll the dough into balls. Then roll the balls into the sugar and place them on the baking sheets.
- Then use your thumb to press an indentation into each cookie and spoon the jam into the indentation of each cooke (approximately 1/2 tsp per cookie).
- Then bake for 12-14 minutes or until the cookies are set.
- Let the cookies set on the baking sheet for 5 minutes and then move to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Then enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 148kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 52mg | Potassium: 20mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 247IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg
