Thumbprint Cookies
This thumbprint cookies recipe is another classic Christmas cookie we love to make. It's a great cookie recipe for the holidays!
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 90kcal
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup brown sugar packed
- 1/2 cup butter unsalted, softened
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2/3 cup jam or preserves any flavor
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease two cookie sheets or line with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat brown sugar, butter, vanilla, and egg yolk together. Stir in the flour and salt and mix together until all ingredients are combined.
- Scoop dough out of bowl and shape into 1-inch balls. Place about 1 inch apart on cookie sheet.
- Put cookies sheet in the oven and bake for about 5 minutes. Cookies should puff up slightly.
- Remove cookie sheets from the oven. Press thumb or the rounded back of a 1 teaspoon measuring spoon into the center of each cookie, making an indentation. Fill each of the thumbprints with jam.
- Return cookie sheets back to the oven and bake for an additional 8-10 minutes until cookies are lightly brown and jam filling is set.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 90kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 59mg | Potassium: 18mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 128IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 0.3mg
