PERFECT THUMBPRINT COOKIES
My mother, Pauline, made really nice thumbprint cookies, but I never wrote down her recipe. I knew the ingredients, but unless you have the right proportions, you won't get that perfect melt-in-your-mouth texture. So, I did an image search and found a recipe that looked very similar, credited to a great-grandma named Mitzi. Since my last name is Mitzewich, that pretty much sealed the deal. In case you can't decide between a shortbread-focused cookie and a more jammy one, here's how to make both.
Provided by Chef John
Categories Desserts Cookies Thumbprint Cookie Recipes
Time 50m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Mix butter and powdered sugar together with a rubber spatula until creamy. Add vanilla extract, almond extract, salt, and egg yolk. Mix with the spatula. Add flour and blend until just combined.
- Use a sorbet scoop to portion dough into 1/2-ounce (1-tablespoon) balls. Roll balls in a plate of white sugar to coat; roll again between your palms. Place several inches apart on a silicone-lined baking sheet. Flatten balls lightly with your fingers.
- To make shortbread cookies with a little jam, poke a well into each cookie using the end of a thick wooden spoon dusted with powdered sugar or using one of your fingers. Fill cookies with fruit jam. Tap baking sheet against the counter to let jam settle.
- Bake in the preheated oven until tops are barely blonde and bottoms are slightly golden, about 15 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack before icing.
- Meanwhile, mix powdered sugar with a little milk until you have a consistency that will hold its shape when piped. Pipe icing on top of cookies in a zigzag pattern. Let sit for 15 minutes before serving.
- For a more jam-forward cookie, press your thumb into the cookies to make large, shallow indentations. Spoon in jam. Tap baking sheet against the counter.
- Bake until not quite golden brown, about 15 minutes. Let rest on pan for 5 minutes before transferring a wire rack. Dust with powdered sugar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 138.9 calories, Carbohydrate 22.8 g, Cholesterol 22.5 mg, Fat 4.9 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Sodium 33.2 mg, Sugar 15.1 g
MOM'S CREAM CHEESE THUMBPRINT COOKIES
This is the ONLY thumbprint I will make. I tried other recipes and this one is the best. The cream cheese keeps the cookies from being dry and cracking. They look as good as they taste
Provided by Chef OG
Categories Dessert
Time 30m
Yield 24-30 cookies, 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Cream the Butter, Shortening Cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
- Mix flour and salt in a separate bowl.
- Add flour mixture in small batches to the butter mixture mixing well.
- Chill dough for 2-3 hours.
- Roll into 1"balls dip in egg white and roll in chopped nuts.
- Fill with Raspberry or Apricot Jam.
- Bake at 350 for 10-13 minutes.
MOM'S CREAM CHEESE THUMBPRINT COOKIES
This is the ONLY thumbprint I will make. I tried other recipes and this one is the best. The cream cheese keeps the cookies from being dry and cracking. They look as good as they taste
Provided by Chef OG
Categories Dessert
Time 30m
Yield 24-30 cookies, 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Cream the Butter, Shortening Cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
- Mix flour and salt in a separate bowl.
- Add flour mixture in small batches to the butter mixture mixing well.
- Chill dough for 2-3 hours.
- Roll into 1"balls dip in egg white and roll in chopped nuts.
- Place on a parchment lined or greased cookie sheet and use your thumb to press deeply in the center of each ball.
- Fill with Raspberry or Apricot Jam.
- Bake at 350 for 10-13 minutes.
MOM'S THUMBPRINT COOKIES
My mother used to use these in one of her lessons, when she was a Home Economics teacher in the '60s.
Provided by Bananasmom
Categories Dessert
Time 35m
Yield 3 dozen, 36 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350'.
- Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl.
- Add yolk and mix.
- Add flour, beat until well blended.
- In a small bowl, lightly beat egg white.
- Form dough into small balls.
- Dip each ball in egg white and roll in nuts, place on a cookie sheet.
- Bake 5 minutes.
- Make depression in each cookie, the back of a small measuring spoon works well.
- Bake 10 more minutes.
- Cool, add small spoonful of jelly in the depression of each cookie.
- Substitutions: may use walnuts or almonds, instead of pecans.
- May use icing instead of jelly.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 107, Fat 7.6, SaturatedFat 3.5, Cholesterol 25.3, Sodium 41.5, Carbohydrate 8.7, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 3.1, Protein 1.4
CHOCOLATE THUMBPRINT COOKIES
Make and share this Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Jill L. Margaritta
Categories Dessert
Time 1h27m
Yield 2-3 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Cream butter, 2/3 cup of sugar, egg yolk, milk and vanilla in a small bowl.
- In another bowl combine flour, cocoa, and salt and blend them into a cream mixture.
- Chill dough about 1 hour or until firm enough to handle.
- Roll the dough into 1 inch balls.
- Combine the chopped nuts and 2 tbsp of sugar in a small bowl.
- Dip the balls in egg white then the nut mixture.
- Place them on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
- Press thumbprint gently in the center of each cookie.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.
- As soon as cookies come out of the oven place about 1/4 tsp of the vanilla filling in the print.
- Gently place a halved cherry or chocolate kiss in the print.
- Remove the cookies from the sheet and cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1594.2, Fat 92, SaturatedFat 39.7, Cholesterol 234.5, Sodium 1452.5, Carbohydrate 181.8, Fiber 11.4, Sugar 112.7, Protein 24.6
THUMBPRINT COOKIES
I started looking for a thumbprint recipe and found this one I have changed it a bit to fit my families tastes. These are a great holiday cookies. I have also dyed the dough orange for Halloween. These are very versatile.
Provided by Leanne
Categories Dessert
Time 25m
Yield 32-40 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Beat margarine and sugar together until fluffy; add vanilla and egg and beat well.
- Stir in flour and baking powder.
- Roll into balls and press thumb into the middle of the cookie, fill with half a tsp or so of jelly.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 106.5, Fat 4.5, SaturatedFat 0.9, Cholesterol 5.8, Sodium 60.4, Carbohydrate 15.4, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 7.9, Protein 1.1
SWEET & NUTTY THUMBPRINT COOKIES
These cookies are one of the most requested. The kids love to help you make these. And they REALLY love to eat them!
Provided by MizzNezz
Categories Dessert
Time 25m
Yield 20 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350*.
- Cream sugar, shortening, butter, vanilla and egg yolk.
- Stir in flour and salt until dough holds together.
- Shape into 1 inch balls.
- Beat egg white slightly.
- Dip each cookie ball in the egg white; roll in the nuts.
- Place 1 inch apart on cookie sheet.
- Press thumb deeply in center of each.
- Bake until light brown, about 8-10 minutes.
- Remove from cookie sheet, cool.
- Fill thumbprints with jelly.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 110.6, Fat 7.8, SaturatedFat 2.5, Cholesterol 15.4, Sodium 88.2, Carbohydrate 8.8, Fiber 0.6, Sugar 3, Protein 1.9
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