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Thumbprint Cookies

December 5, 2012 27 Comments

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Thumbprint Cookies - Best, buttery and sweet cookies filled with raspberry jam. Easy recipe that anyone can make this holiday season | rasamalaysia.com

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Wonderful cookies!i made it after much hesitation but was amazed at the result. –
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December 5, 2012


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Wonderful cookies!i made it after much hesitation but was amazed at the result.

Thumbprint Cookies - Best, buttery and sweet cookies filled with raspberry jam. Easy recipe that anyone can make this holiday season | rasamalaysia.com

Thumbprint Cookies

Thumbprint Cookies – Best, buttery and sweet cookies filled with raspberry jam. Easy recipe that anyone can make this holiday season

Prep time:30 Minutes

Cook time:12 Minutes

Total Time:42 Minutes

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups (~222g) all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cups (6oz/~170g) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup (~113g) fine/baking sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Chez Pim Fetching Framboise Raspberry Jam

Method:
Preheat the oven to 350°F (~180°C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

Sieve the flour and salt into a bowl. Whisk it and set aside.

Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add in the vanilla extract. Beat to combine.

Slowly add in the flour mixture spoon by spoon. Use a spatula to scrap down the flour on the side and bottom as needed. Make sure the mixture is well combined. The dough becomes crumbly but will hold together when pinched.

Using your hand, take out approximately 1 tablespoonful of the dough. Knead it on your palm with your fingers a few times and then roll into a 1″ ball. Place them on the baking sheet 2″ apart. Use your thumb and press a well in the center. Fill each well with 1/2 teaspoon jam.

Bake for 10-12 minutes. Transfer to wire tray to cool completely before storing them in air tight container.

Thumbprint Cookies - Best, buttery and sweet cookies filled with raspberry jam. Easy recipe that anyone can make this holiday season | rasamalaysia.com

Thumbprint Cookies

Thumbprint Cookies – Best, buttery and sweet cookies filled with raspberry jam. Easy recipe that anyone can make this holiday season.

Thumbprint Cookies - Best, buttery and sweet cookies filled with raspberry jam. Easy recipe that anyone can make this holiday season | rasamalaysia.com

December is a happy month. It is a month about baking really outstanding cookies for the upcoming holiday season; it is also a month filled with holiday parties, great friends, and family. So this month, I am sharing a few of my favorite cookies recipes as well as party foods with you.

Thumbprint Cookies - Best, buttery and sweet cookies filled with raspberry jam. Easy recipe that anyone can make this holiday season | rasamalaysia.com

When I decided to make thumbprint cookies, I knew that I had to buy an excellent jam. After all, thumbprint cookies are precisely butter cookies filled with jam. Rasberry jam is an excellent filling for the thumbprint cookies. I love the fresh taste of the berries, the slight tartness, with just the perfect balance of sweetness, and the aroma…oh, the aroma and fragrance of the berries.

Thumbprint Cookies - Best, buttery and sweet cookies filled with raspberry jam. Easy recipe that anyone can make this holiday season | rasamalaysia.com

Anyway, thumbprint cookie is a holiday classic so if you are making them this year, you can try out my thumbprint cookies recipe. Happy holidays!

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Recipe Name
Thumbprint Cookies
Preparation Time
30M
Cook Time
12M
Total Time
42M
Author
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Average Rating
5
Based on 47 Review(s)

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  1. Juliann

    December 19, 2015 at 11:19 AM

    also my first time using castor/fine sugar… had some trouble locating it. i would be curious to try these using regular granulated white sugar just to compare.

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    • Rasa Malaysia

      December 19, 2015 at 11:52 AM

      Regular sugar doesn’t dissolve in the cookie dough.

      Reply
  2. Stacy

    December 25, 2015 at 6:37 AM

    I made these cookies last night for Christmas Eve. I did not have any castor/fine sugar, so I just used regular granulated sugar. It did not seem to be an issue, the cookies still tasted great. The only issue I had was the dough was just too crumbly and didn’t stick together even when kneaded, so I added about a TBSP more of butter and that seemed to do the trick. These were a huge hit. Out of the 3 dozen cookies this made, I only had 4 left at the end of the night. And there were only 8 of us here! Lol. Thank you for an easy and tasty cookie recipe!!

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    • Rasa Malaysia

      December 25, 2015 at 10:05 AM

      Hi Stacy, so glad that you love these thumbprint cookies. :)

      Reply
  3. Gail

    December 21, 2016 at 4:42 PM

    Disaster. Too crumbly to form. Maybe it is the altitude: 4900 feet? Added an egg and 1/4 cup cream. Waiting for them to come out of the oven. Hoping to salvage something.

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    • Rasa Malaysia

      December 21, 2016 at 5:59 PM

      I am so sorry I am not sure what happened but the recipe yields what you see on the photos.

      Reply
  4. Cheryl

    December 18, 2017 at 11:22 AM

    Can you freeze these cookies like shortbread cookies Use to make them growing up but they were are before we could attempt to hide them lol

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    • Rasa Malaysia

      December 18, 2017 at 2:26 PM

      I think so, but I think it’s better you make 2x or 3x the batch and you don’t have to hide. Lol.

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