These cookies look like they are more difficult to make than they are and are always a hit at cookie swaps, bake sales or parties. You can use any kind of jam, lemon curd or confectioners sugar icing for the filling.
Ingredients:
1 cup of butter at room temperature
1/2 cup of sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
2 cups of flour
1 cup of chopped nuts ( I use pecans or almonds)
3/4 cup of your favorite jam (strawberry & raspberry work well)
Pinch of salt
2 cups of flour
1 cup of chopped nuts ( I use pecans or almonds)
3/4 cup of your favorite jam (strawberry & raspberry work well)
Directions:
Cream the butter and sugar on high speed for about 3 minutes or until well blended. Stir the eggs and vanilla into the butter mixture. Add the flour and salt. Mix until just combined. Place the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes and preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Roll the dough into balls about 1 inch in diameter. Roll the cookies into the nuts until covered. Place the balls on greased cookie sheets. Press down with your thumb to make a small indentation in the center of each cookie. Add 1/2 teaspoon of jam to each cookie and bake for 12 minutes.
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I’ve always loved thumbprint cookies one year I hired my sister to make a lot of these for me because I worked for my holiday cookies for the house.
Those look really yummy. I’ll have to give them a try. Thanks so much for the recipe!
Suger icing filling sounds good to me
I LOVE making these cookies. YUM!
Yummy! Would love to try these.
OMG we used to do these is home ec class! I didn’t have a recipe, seriously thank you so much!!
Thumbprint cookies are such a classic!
Yum these look delicious. We got a jam basket for Xmas would be a great way to use some of it up!
Nummy! These are one of my favorites to enjoy with a good cup of coffee. Thanks for sharing your recipe!
Ooh those sound yummy!
my husband loves these cookies but I had no idea how to make them. Your recipe sounds super easy (a huge plus for someone like me), will definitely be trying this out this weekend.
Yum! I love thumbprint cookies. Those look delicious!
Oh, yum! I love these cookies! My mother used to make them all the time
Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Oohh those look yummy!
Yum.. sure looks delicious and like a fun and easy treat to make with the kids. Will have to try it this weekend. Thanks for a great idea and recipe
im going to make some,the first batch is mine!
I never knew how these were made. I’m so glad I stumbled across this post.
These are so good. My sister used to make these all the time before she developed a gluten intolerance. Now that you’ve given me the recipe I guess I’ll have to take over.