EASY, SOFT JAM THUMBPRINT COOKIES

Name: EASY, SOFT JAM THUMBPRINT COOKIES
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 c. butter (at room temperature); 2/3 c. granulated sugar; 2 egg yolks; 1 tsp. vanilla extract; 2 c. all-purpose flour; 1/2 tsp. salt; Jam

Jessica

March 27, 2014

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These easy, soft Jam Thumbprint Cookies are one of the easiest and best treats you can make, especially during the holiday season!

easy jam thumbprint cookies, butter with a side of bread

These cookies are just the best. I know jam thumbprints are kind of Christmas-y… but whatever. Who doesn’t love Christmas treats anyway? Everywhere I take these, I get rave compliments- they’re just so simple and buttery, I couldn’t not share. This sugary-shortbread dough is easy, quick, and resilient! They keep their shape when so many others do not. They’re yummy and pretty!

Jam-Filled Thumbprint Cookies

(Original recipe here.)

1 c. butter (at room temperature)

2/3 c. granulated sugar

2 egg yolks

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 c. all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp. salt

Jam

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Using an electric mixer, beat together butter and sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla extract. Add flour and salt and mix until incorporated and dough comes together in a ball. If desired, chill for 30 minutes.

Form dough into 1-inch balls (make sure they’re perfectly round), and arrange on prepared cookie sheet. Use a ½ tsp. measure to create perfectly circular craters in the center.

Bake cookies for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove cookie sheet from oven. If indentations look shallow, further define them again, and fill each with a bit of jam. Bake for an additional 3 to 4 minutes, or until jam melts slightly and edges of cookies are lightly golden.

^^ Before baking.

^^ Hot out of the oven & dusted with powdered sugar!

Mmm!