Jam Thumbprint Cookies
Making a holiday cookie box? Add these festive jam thumbprint cookies to your Christmas baking lineup.
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons Unsalted butter softened
- ½ cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 cup All-purpose flour
- 1 egg yolk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon salt just a pinch
- ¼ cup guava jam raspberry or any other jam work
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- In a bowl with a handheld mixer add the softened butter and sugar until you form a dough.
- Add the egg yolk and vanilla extract and mix on low until the egg is fully combined.
- Add the flour and mix until a shaggy dough forms.
- Finish forming the dough with your hands and use a cookie scoop to divide the dough into small size balls (about the size of a lime).
- Place the cookie balls in a baking sheet and using the back of a spoon, create an indentation in the center.
- Bake the dough for 12 minutes. Half way through baking, remove the sheet from the oven and use the spoon again to make sure the indentations are deep enough.
- Finsih baking and transfer to a cooling rack.
- Add about 1 teaspoon of jam in the center of the cookies and allow them to set for 10 minutes. Decorate with sprinkles and enjoy.
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