Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Thumbprint Cookies

These have become one of the the kids "must make" cookies at Christmas time.  They are pretty yummy.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/jam-thumbprint-cookies-recipe.html

Ingredients:
  • 3/4 pound (3 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash
  • 7 ounces sweetened flaked coconut
  • Raspberry and/or apricot jam

Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar until they are just combined and then add the vanilla. Separately, sift together the flour and salt. With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture to the creamed butter and sugar. Mix until the dough starts to come together. Dump on a floured board and roll together into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes.
Roll the dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. (If you have a scale they should each weigh 1 ounce.) Dip each ball into the egg wash and then roll it in coconut. Place the balls on an ungreased cookie sheet and press a light indentation into the top of each with your finger. Drop 1/4 teaspoon of jam into each indentation. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the coconut is a golden brown. Cool and serve.  I leave half with no coconut and drizzle with almond icing when just cooled.  The almond icing is a tbsp of milk, about a cup of powdered sugar and 1/2 tsp almond extract.

Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/jam-thumbprint-cookies-recipe.html?oc=linkback

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