THUMBPRINT COOKIES
A signature Christmastime sweet, our tiny almond-flavored cookies bear the print of the baker's thumb, which is gently pressed into the partially baked cookie to create a well. A dollop of apricot, red currant, or raspberry jam fills the center. If you use fruit preserves you've put up yourself, the signature is even more personal.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Yield Makes about 3 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and 1/2 cup sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add egg yolk and vanilla; beat well. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour and salt; add to butter mixture, beating on low until combined.
- Combine ground almonds with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar in a small bowl. Form dough into 1-inch balls, and dip in beaten egg white, then in almond-and-sugar mixture. Make a deep indentation in the center of each ball with your finger or a wooden spoon. Place 1 inch apart on parchment-lined baking sheets.
- Bake 10 minutes, remove from oven, and press down the centers again. Rotate sheets, and bake until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes more. Transfer sheets to a wire rack to cool slightly. Fill center of each cookie with about 1 teaspoon jam. Let cool completely. Thumbprints can be stored at room temperature in an airtight container, between parchment, up to 1 day (or 3 days, if not filled with jam).
THUMBPRINTS WITH DULCE DE LECHE, NUTELLA OR JAM
Thumbprints are the simplest of cookies, but these are packed with flavor from freshly toasted nuts, each paired with its own filling: pecans with dulce de leche (or homemade caramel sauce, if you have some on hand), hazelnuts with Nutella, or pistachios with a festive pool of red currant jelly in the center. Choose a single combination, or make a batch of each. These cookies benefit from forming the thumbprint halfway through baking, but if you can't take the heat, let the dough soften a bit and then press the thumbprints into the dough before baking.
Provided by Susan Spungen
Categories snack, cookies and bars, dessert
Time 1h
Yield 3 dozen cookies
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spread the hazelnuts or pecans out on a small baking sheet and cook in oven, shaking several times, until toasted, 10 to 12 minutes. If using hazelnuts, transfer to a bowl to cool, cover with a folded dish towel, then rub off the skins. (No need to toast the pistachios.)
- Once cooled, transfer the nuts to a food processor, preferably a mini one. Add 2 teaspoons flour and pulse just until nuts are finely ground, being careful not to overprocess.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and granulated sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes, scraping bowl as needed. Add egg yolks and vanilla, and beat on medium-high speed until well combined, about 2 minutes, scraping the bowl a few times as needed.
- Add 1/2 cup ground nuts, the salt and the remaining 2 1/4 cups flour; beat on low speed just until combined, then increase speed and beat until dough starts to clump together. Scrape the bowl and fold a few times to make sure everything is well mixed. Wrap dough in plastic wrap, flatten into a disk, and chill until firm, at least 1 hour and up to 3 days.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Pinch off small pieces of dough the size of a rounded tablespoon (about 20 grams each) and roll the top half of each one in the remaining ground nuts. Place a few inches apart on parchment- or silicone mat-lined baking sheets. Chill in the freezer until firm, about 10 minutes.
- Bake for 8 minutes, remove from oven and make a thumbprint in each cookie. Bake until golden brown on the bottom, and nuts are looking toasty but not burned, 6 to 8 minutes longer. Let cool a few minutes on the baking sheets and transfer to wire racks to cool further. While the cookies are still a little warm, fill each one with about 1/2 teaspoon of filling, and cool completely. Sprinkle with flaky sea salt. Cookies will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week.
RED CURRANT COOKIES
From Oetker Baking is Fun. Use other jams than red currant if you wish. The number of cookies you end up with will depend on how thick or thin the dough is rolled out. In Switzerland these cookies would be called Spitzbuben
Provided by Dreamer in Ontario
Categories Dessert
Time 1h10m
Yield 60-79 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 f.
- Grease a baking sheet.
- Sift flour onto a pastry board and make a well in the centre.
- Add sugar, vanilla sugar and egg yolks to well.
- Mix a small amount of flour into the ingredients in the well to make a thick paste.
- Cut cold butter into small pieces over the flour mixture.
- Working quickly and starting from the centre, work all the ingredients together to make a smooth dough.
- Chill dough for 1/2 hour.
- Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to a 3mm (1/8 ") thickness.
- Cut into 5 cm (2 ") rounds.
- Cut 3 small holes using a floured thimble, in half of the cut out rounds, or use a smaller cookie cutter to cut a hole in the centre (you can use linzer cookie cutters if you have them).
- Place on prepared baking and bake on middle rack of oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown.
- Cool cookies.
- Spread jam on the solid rounds and cover with the cut out rounds.
- Dust with the icing sugar while the cookies are still warm (easiest way is to dip cut out cookie into icing sugar before placing on top of jam layer.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 101.4, Fat 5.7, SaturatedFat 3.5, Cholesterol 25.3, Sodium 48, Carbohydrate 11.3, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 3.7, Protein 1.2
RED CURRANT JELLY
A classic red currant jelly made from fresh currants. This came from my one of my mother's handwritten recipe cards. I do not know its origin, but know it probably dates back to the early 1940's.
Provided by BJBORSODY
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Canning and Preserving Recipes Jams and Jellies Recipes
Time 1h
Yield 64
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Place the currants into a large pot, and crush with a potato masher or berry crusher if you have one. Pour in 1 cup of water, and bring to a boil. Simmer for 10 minutes. Strain the fruit through a jelly cloth or cheese cloth, and measure out 5 cups of the juice.
- Pour the juice into a large saucepan, and stir in the sugar. Bring to a rapid boil over high heat, and stir in the liquid pectin immediately. Return to a full rolling boil, and allow to boil for 30 seconds.
- Remove from heat and skim off foam from the top. Ladle or pour into sterile 1/2 pint jars, filling to within 1/2 inch of the top. Wipe the rims with a clean damp cloth. Cover with new sterile lids and rings. Process covered in a bath of simmering water for 10 minutes or the time recommended by your local extension for your area.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 100.8 calories, Carbohydrate 25.9 g, Fat 0.1 g, Fiber 1.3 g, Protein 0.4 g, Sodium 0.6 mg, Sugar 24 g
RED CURRANT JELLY THUMBPRINT COOKIES
These are delicious cookies. They have been a family favorite for years. My daughter used to to love help make them at christmas time. We always used chocolate or coffee icing instead of the jam or jelly. They are great with a cup of coffee.
Provided by Barb G.
Categories Dessert
Time 1h
Yield 42 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In large bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until creamy.
- Separate eggs.
- Place whites in a small bowl, lightly beat; set aside.
- Add egg yolks and vanilla to butter mixture.
- Beat well.
- In another bowl, stir together flour and salt.
- Gradually add flour & salt to butter mixture, Blending thoroughly.
- With your hands, roll dough into balls about 1-inch diameter.
- Dip each ball in eggs whites, then roll in finely chopped walnuts to coat.
- Place on greased baking sheets,spacing 1 inch apart.
- With your thumb or the tip of a spoon (I use my thumb), make an indentation inthe center of each ball.
- Neatly fill each indentation with 1/4 teaspoon jelly or jam.
- (If using icing fill each cookie after baking.) Bake in a 375° oven for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Let cool on baking sheets for about 1 minute, then transfer to rack and let cool completely.
- This is when I fill each with icing.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 110.7, Fat 7.4, SaturatedFat 3.1, Cholesterol 20.5, Sodium 57.2, Carbohydrate 9.9, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 3.5, Protein 1.8
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