- 1 cup Unsalted butterat room temperature
- ⅔ cup Granulated sugar
- 1 Egg yolkslarge
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2¼ cups All-purpose flour
- ½ tsp Salt
- 6 oz Fruit jamassorted
Jam-Filled Thumbprint Cookies
These Jam-Filled Thumbprint Cookies are really cute bite-size cookies. I like to add assorted jam flavors to my thumbprint cookies – usually blackberry, apricot or strawberry. I like to make these with my kids when they are off school. They love getting messy and involved in the kitchen!
To make these, I start by beating butter and sugar. Then I add egg yolk, vanilla extract, flour and salt and beat until the dough comes together in a ball. I then shape the cookie dough into balls and press my thumb into the center of each one. I start baking them in the oven and after about 10 minutes, I remove the baking sheet from the oven and add jam to each thumbprint. I bake for a few more minutes until cooked. Cool completely before enjoying with a glass of milk.
To make Jam-Filled Thumbprint Cookies, you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make Jam-Filled Thumbprint Cookies
1 | Heat the oven and prepare a baking sheet | 2 |
Preheat the oven to 375 °F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. | ||
2 | Cream sugar and butter | 3 |
Beat 1 cup of butter and ⅔ cup of sugar using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. | ||
3 | Add egg yolk and vanilla | 1 |
Beat in 1 large egg yolk and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. | ||
4 | Add dry ingredients | 2 |
Add 2¼ cups of all-purpose flour and ½ a teaspoon of salt. Mix until the ingredients are fully incorporated and the dough comes together in a ball. | ||
5 | Prepare dough balls | 20 |
Shape the dough into 1-inch balls. Place them on the prepared baking sheet. | ||
6 | Make thumbprints in the cookie dough | 3 |
Press the dough balls with your thumb to flatten them. Alternatively, you can use the back of a small spoon, to leave an indent in the center. | ||
7 | Bake | 10 |
Place on a baking sheet in the oven for 8-10 minutes until the bottoms of the cookies are slightly golden brown. | ||
8 | Add jam | 5 |
Remove the baking sheet from the oven and place about ½ teaspoon of jam in each of the indents. Bake for 3-4 more minutes until the jam melts and the cookie edges are a light golden color. | ||
9 | Cool | 15 |
Allow the cookies to cool completely on a wire rack. | ||
10 | Serve | |
Serve with a large glass of milk. | ||
Recipe Reviews
My daughter is a huge fan of these jam filled cookies, she likes them more than the pistachio cookies which are my favorite.
I didn't want a mixture of different jams so I went with blueberry jam only and these turned out sooo good.
Yummy and easy to make plus extremely affordable since there isn't much ingridents.
Lilly you have the most creative mind! These were perfection.
Loved the taste of these jam filled babies! Will be making them a lot more often from here on out.
Let the dough sit in the freezer for 30 minutes if you don't want the cookies to crack like in the photo.
Brown sugar is better unless you have a huge sweet tooth because the jam already has natural sweetness and if you add white cane sugar it will be off the charts kinda sweet.
Loved the taste of these jam filled babies! Will be making them a lot more often from here on out.
If you want to be even more creative Id recommend using food coloring to make the cookies different colors or match the jam even :)
Accidently used some salted butter instead of unsalted, thankfully no big difference.
Extra sweet cause of the jam but mann are they good! They smell heavenly too.
Bland and not tasty in my opinion but atleast my spouse liked it.
Brown sugar is better unless you have a huge sweet tooth because the jam already has natural sweetness and if you add white cane sugar it will be off the charts kinda sweet.
Vanilla extract is great but vanilla sugar actually gives it a hint of vanilla taste I recommend it instead of extract.
Great cookies though I think the design could've been a lot better.
My daughter is a huge fan of these jam filled cookies, she likes them more than the pistachio cookies which are my favorite.
I needed to use two egg yolks instead of one because there wasn't enough liquid to mix the dough together.
Cherry filled them and put an almond in the middle of all of them they turned out perfect.
I didn't want a mixture of different jams so I went with blueberry jam only and these turned out sooo good.
Soft cookies in the middle and slight crunch exactly the type of texture I love in my cookies.
Yummy and easy to make plus extremely affordable since there isn't much ingridents.
Baked to perfection! Tasted so good.
Accidently used some salted butter instead of unsalted, thankfully no big difference.
Soft cookies in the middle and slight crunch exactly the type of texture I love in my cookies.
Vanilla extract is great but vanilla sugar actually gives it a hint of vanilla taste I recommend it instead of extract.
Lilly you have the most creative mind! These were perfection.
I needed to use two egg yolks instead of one because there wasn't enough liquid to mix the dough together.
Cherry filled them and put an almond in the middle of all of them they turned out perfect.
Bland and not tasty in my opinion but atleast my spouse liked it.
Baked to perfection! Tasted so good.
Extra sweet cause of the jam but mann are they good! They smell heavenly too.
Let the dough sit in the freezer for 30 minutes if you don't want the cookies to crack like in the photo.
Great cookies though I think the design could've been a lot better.
If you want to be even more creative Id recommend using food coloring to make the cookies different colors or match the jam even :)
Essentially delicious butter cookies!
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