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Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies

Teresa Ambra
Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies are spectacular. If you have a sweet tooth craving, you'll swoon over these sensational treats. These delicious cookies are reminiscent of Christmas cookies in years gone by. They have raspberry jam in the centers and a powdered sugar glaze on top. Favorite recipe for holiday baking and Christmas Cookie Exchanges.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24
Calories 145 kcal

Equipment

  • 2 18x26" cookie sheet pans
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 electric mixer
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 small mixing bowl
  • 1 whisk
  • 1 spatula
  • 2 wire cooling racks

Ingredients
  

COOKIES:

  • 2 sticks unsalted butter (1 cup)
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp. sea salt
  • 2/14 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour bleached flour toughens baked goods
  • 1/2 cup raspberry jam more or less as needed

ICING:

  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 tbsp. 2% milk
  • 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Instructions
 

COOKIES:

  • Soften butter.
  • Add granulated sugar, vanilla and salt and mix with an electric mixer until well mixed.
  • Add flour and mix on low speed of electric mixer until well combined.
  • Mixture will be thick.
  • Refrigerate dough at least 60 minutes.
  • Roll dough into balls and place on greased cookie sheets.
  • With the end of a wooden spoon, make an indentation in the center of each cookie.
  • Spoon about 1/8 teaspoon of jam into each indentation.
  • Bake at 350° for about 15-20 minutes or until done.
  • Rotate cookie sheet pans on oven racks every seven minutes of cooking time.

ICING:

  • Combine the glaze ingredients in a small bowl and whisk until smooth.
  • Drizzle glaze over cooled cookies.
  • Allow icing to set before serving cookies.

Notes

NOTE: Preparation time does not include time to chill the dough before rolling out cookies.
 
NOTE: I use the back of a wooden spoon because it’s smaller than an actual thumb print. The larger the hole in the cookie the more the cookies spread, so it’s better to make smaller indentations.
 
NOTE: You cannot skip the step to chill the dough before rolling into balls and baking, or cookies will not hold their shape while baking.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 145kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 0.2gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 24mgPotassium: 11mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 237IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 5mgIron: 0.1mg
Keyword cookie, dessert, raspberry, raspberry thumbprint cookies, sugar cookie
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