These heart-shaped thumbprint cookies are easy to make and pack a perfect little bit of sweetness that I know everyone will love. Make them today for Valentine's Day or for the holidays!
I have always loved thumbprint cookies and I love this little mix for Valentine's Day, don't you?
If you don't want to do the heart-shaped thumbprint, you can always just use a spoon to add the “thumbprint” shape before adding your jam.
Thumbprint Cookie Recipe Ingredients
- unbleached all-purpose flour
- baking powder
- unsalted butter
- granulated sugar
- extra large egg
- pure vanilla extract
- strawberry jam or orange marmalade
- powdered sugar
How to add the heart-shaped thumbprint in these thumbprint cookies
Use the end of a curved butter knife to make the heart shape. Spray it with baking spray if needed. Place the knife standing up to make the left side of the heart and then the other side.
I find that if you let the dough balls sit for a few minutes after rolling them into balls, it takes less baking spray.
These thumbprint cookies have the perfect amount of sweetness and you won't be able to eat just one, I know it!
Recipe
Thumbprint Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 extra large egg, beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup strawberry jam, or orange marmalade
Glaze
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 3 teaspoons water
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F .
- In a small mixing bowl, mix together flour and baking powder. Set aside.
- Add butter and both sugars to a large mixing bowl. Using an electric hand mixer, cream the sugars and butter together until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla extract and continue mixing until completely combined.
- Add half of the flour mixture to the butter mixture, mix with a rubber spatula being careful to not over mix. Add the remaining flour and mix. You'll notice a cookie dough will form.
- Use a small cookie scoop (2 teaspoon size), scoop the dough and roll into a ball using your hands. Place on a silicon mat lined or parchment paper-lined cookie sheet, about 1 inch apart.
- Use the end of a clean, rounded butter knife to make the heart-shaped “thumbprint” on each cookie. Add about 1/4 teaspoon of jam or marmalade to each cookie.
- Bake for 10 to 11 minutes at 350°F. Place the cookies on a cooling rack.
Make the glaze
- Whisk the glaze ingredients together in a small mixing bowl.
- You can use a spoon or you can add glaze into a zippered plastic bag and cut out a very small hole in one of the corners of the bag.
- Drizzle the glaze over the cookies to your liking.
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