A recipe for butter jam thumbprint cookies, featuring a melt-in-your-mouth, buttery cookie filled with strawberry jam and sprinkle with sparkling sugar.
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Keyword:
Cookies With Jam, Peanut Butter Cookies, Thumbprints
Servings: 16
Calories: 206kcal
Author: Kelly Anthony
Ingredients
3egg yolks
1teaspoonpure vanilla extract
2 ½cupsall-purpose flourplus extra for working with dough
⅔cupgranulated sugar
1teaspoonfine sea salt
1cupcoldunsalted butter, cut into ¼” cubes
1cupstore-bought strawberry jam
½cupsparkling decorative sugaroptional
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°and have ready a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
Have the egg yolks and vanilla extract combined in a small glass measuring pitcher and set aside until ready to use.
In the bowl of a food processor fitted with the blade attachment, add flour, sugar and salt. Pulse to mix ingredients. Add 8-10 pieces of butter through the feed tube at a time, and pulse briefly after each addition. Once all of the butter has been incorporated, with the food processor running, stream in the yolk and vanilla mixture. Allow to process until the dough comes together in a mass, and begins to form into a ball.
Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface, dust lightly with flour and pat into a rectangle about ¾ - 1” thick. Using a 1 ½”, round cookie or biscuit cutter, cut out cookies and roll in the sparkling sugar, if using. Discard of dough scraps. Create a crevice in the center of each cookie using either your index finger or the bottom side of a ¼ teaspoon measure. Transfer to baking sheet spacing them 1” apart.
Add a scant teaspoon of jam to the center of each cookie. Do not overfill cookies. Bake for 15 minutes. Allow to cool slightly, serve and enjoy.
Recipe Notes
Makes about 36 cookies.
Nutrition Facts
Butter Jam Thumbprint Cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 206Calories from Fat 9
% Daily Value*
Fat 1g2%
Cholesterol 36mg12%
Sodium 169mg7%
Potassium 55mg2%
Carbohydrates 46g15%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 25g28%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 110IU2%
Vitamin C 1.9mg2%
Calcium 13mg1%
Iron 1.8mg10%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.