Grandmas Thumbprints With Variations Recipes

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PERFECT THUMBPRINT COOKIES



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My mother, Pauline, made really nice thumbprint cookies, but I never wrote down her recipe. I knew the ingredients, but unless you have the right proportions, you won't get that perfect melt-in-your-mouth texture. So, I did an image search and found a recipe that looked very similar, credited to a great-grandma named Mitzi. Since my last name is Mitzewich, that pretty much sealed the deal. In case you can't decide between a shortbread-focused cookie and a more jammy one, here's how to make both.

Provided by Chef John

Categories     Desserts     Cookies     Thumbprint Cookie Recipes

Time 50m

Yield 20

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
⅓ cup unsifted powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
⅛ teaspoon almond extract
¼ teaspoon fine salt
1 large egg yolk
1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
⅓ cup white sugar, or as needed
½ cup fruit jam, divided
1 cup powdered sugar, or as needed
1 tablespoon milk, or as needed

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
  • Mix butter and powdered sugar together with a rubber spatula until creamy. Add vanilla extract, almond extract, salt, and egg yolk. Mix with the spatula. Add flour and blend until just combined.
  • Use a sorbet scoop to portion dough into 1/2-ounce (1-tablespoon) balls. Roll balls in a plate of white sugar to coat; roll again between your palms. Place several inches apart on a silicone-lined baking sheet. Flatten balls lightly with your fingers.
  • To make shortbread cookies with a little jam, poke a well into each cookie using the end of a thick wooden spoon dusted with powdered sugar or using one of your fingers. Fill cookies with fruit jam. Tap baking sheet against the counter to let jam settle.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until tops are barely blonde and bottoms are slightly golden, about 15 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack before icing.
  • Meanwhile, mix powdered sugar with a little milk until you have a consistency that will hold its shape when piped. Pipe icing on top of cookies in a zigzag pattern. Let sit for 15 minutes before serving.
  • For a more jam-forward cookie, press your thumb into the cookies to make large, shallow indentations. Spoon in jam. Tap baking sheet against the counter.
  • Bake until not quite golden brown, about 15 minutes. Let rest on pan for 5 minutes before transferring a wire rack. Dust with powdered sugar.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 138.9 calories, Carbohydrate 22.8 g, Cholesterol 22.5 mg, Fat 4.9 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Sodium 33.2 mg, Sugar 15.1 g

GRANDMA'S THUMBPRINTS WITH VARIATIONS



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This pecan-flecked cookie dough is so versatile it can be turned into jam- or buttercream-filled thumbprints, or round snowballs coated in powdered sugar.

Provided by Bobbie Lloyd

Categories     HarperCollins     Dessert     Cookies     Bake     Pecan     Christmas     Jam or Jelly     Nut     Soy Free     Peanut Free     Vegetarian

Yield 32 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 cups (230g or 8.1oz) coarsely chopped pecans
2 cups (270g or 9.5oz) all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon salt
1 cup or 2 sticks (226g or 8oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature
⅓ cup (66g or 2.3oz) granulated sugar
1½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Jam, buttercream, or powdered sugar

Steps:

  • Line three baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
  • In a food processor, finely grind 1 cup (115g or 4.1oz) of the pecans with ¼ cup (34g or 1.2oz) of the flour until it is the texture of coarse cornmeal, 10 to 15 seconds. Transfer to a medium bowl. Coarsely grind the remaining pecans in the food processor, about 5 seconds, then transfer to the bowl with the pecan-flour mixture. Stir in the remaining 1 ¾ cups (236g or 8.3oz) flour and the salt.
  • In a stand mixer with the paddle, cream the butter and granulated sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl. Beat in the vanilla. Reduce the mixer speed to low and slowly add in the pecan-flour mixture until combined, about 30 seconds. Scrape the bowl and paddle and continue to beat on low speed until the dough just comes together, about 10 seconds.
  • Using a 1-ounce cookie scoop, make 32 balls, rolling them in between your palms until perfectly round. Place no more than 12 balls on each prepared baking sheet, spaced about 1 inch apart. If making thumbprint cookies, use your thumb or the back of a measuring teaspoon to create an indent in the center of each cookie. Place the baking sheets in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
  • When ready to bake the cookies, position the oven racks in the upper middle and lower-middle positions and preheat the oven to 325°F.
  • Transfer two pans to the oven and bake for 14 to 16 minutes, rotating top to bottom, front to back halfway through the baking time, until the bottoms are lightly golden brown.
  • Let the cookies sit on the baking sheets for 5 to 10 minutes, unless filling with jam, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.
  • Variations:
  • Jammy thumbprints: Bake the thumbprints as directed. As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, spoon about ½ teaspoon raspberry jam into the indents. (You will need a total of 1 cup or 340g or 12oz jam.) Let sit on the baking sheets for 15 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.
  • Buttercream-filled thumbprints: Bake and cool the cookies as directed. Make 2 cups vanilla buttercream, divide it into small batches, then tint each as desired. Once the cookies are completely cool, fill the indents with the buttercream and decorate.
  • Snowballs: Make and form the dough into round balls (do not indent them). Bake as directed. Meanwhile, place 1½ cups (187g or 6oz) powdered sugar, sifted, in a bowl. When the cookies come out of the oven and have cooled on the pan for about 15 minutes, they should be cool enough to roll in the sugar. (They should not be hot when they are rolled in the sugar or the sugar will melt.) Gently place the balls one at a time into the bowl of powdered sugar, rolling them around until completely covered. Place on a cooling rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container with wax paper between the layers. Before serving, dust with more powdered sugar.

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