Jam Print Cookies Recipe

Jam Print Cookies Recipe
 
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Nutrition Information
  • Serves: 35
  • Calories: 80
  • Fat: 5 g
  • Saturated fat: 0 g
  • Trans fat: 0 g
  • Carbohydrates: 8 g
  • Sugar: 0 g
  • Sodium: 37 mg
  • Fiber: 0 g
  • Protein: 2 g
  • Cholesterol: 13 mg
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Thumbprint cookies are one of those favourites that have a place on any occasion. They are a perfect integration of nuts, jam and delicate buttery cookies. The recipe is great to get children involved in, let them make the indents and fill the jam.
Ingredients
  • Butter (2 sticks or 8 ounces), room temperature - 1 cup
  • Sugar - ½ cup
  • Eggs - 2
  • Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon
  • Pinch of salt
  • Flour - 2 cups
  • Chopped nuts (optional) - 1 cup
  • Your favorite jam - ¾ cup
Instructions
  1. Take a mixing bowl and beat the sugar and butter on high speed for around 3 minutes.
  2. In another bowl, separate the eggs.
  3. Keep the whites in a different bowl and whisk them until fluffy.
  4. Add the yolks and vanilla extract to the sugar and butter mixture.
  5. If you will be using nuts in the cookies, the egg whites will be used to keep them on.
  6. Add the salt and flour to the butter mixture.
  7. Mix it with a spoon until the flour is combined.
  8. Make it into a dough and refrigerate it for half an hour.
  9. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
  10. Take the dough out and make balls out of it of one inch diameter.
  11. If you want to add nuts, dip the balls into the egg whites and roll them into the nuts.
  12. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper and place the balls on them one inch apart.
  13. With the help of your thumb, make an indent into the cookies.
  14. A sort of a well will form in the middle of each cookie.
  15. Do not apply a lot of pressure on them as they can fall apart.
  16. Fill the well with half tablespoon of jam.
  17. Bake the cookies for 12 to 15 minutes.
  18. They will be firm when they are done and the bottoms will be golden brown.
  19. Let them cool on the baking sheet for five minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool further.

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