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12 Days of Christmas – Jam Thumbprint Cookies

November 19, 2010 by mydanishkitchen

Jam Thumbprint Cookies

Jam Thumbprint cookies are a regular visitor in our home at Christmas time. It has been my son’s favorite ever since he was a little boy and they always seem to simply just disappear. Use whatever your favorite jam is. What I used this time was strawberry, cherry and a wonderful jam containing apricot, peach and passion fruit which have become wildly popular here at our house. Also, it is not an accident (well it actually is….but it’s not) that the recipe calls for both vanilla bean as well as vanilla extract. I did that totally by accident one year because I misread the recipe but it turned out even better, so ever since then I have used both. But if you don’t have the vanilla bean on hand just go with the extract, they still turn out great.  🙂

Thumbprint Cookies (makes 37 cookies)

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (230 g)

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon fine salt

1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 whole stick or 113 g), at room temperature

2/3 cup sugar (140 g), plus more for rolling

1 large egg

1 vanilla bean – seeds scraped from pod (optional)

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/3 cup of your favorite jam (strawberry, cherry etc)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.

Stir together flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.

In another bowl, whip the butter and sugar with an electrical mixer until smooth and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in the egg, vanilla bean (if using) and the vanilla extract until combined. Slowly beat in the dry ingredients in 2 additions, mixing just until incorporated.

Scoop the dough into a 1 inch ball, toss in the extra sugar and roll using the palm of your hands. Place about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Press a thumbprint (or I use a 1/2 teaspoon measuring spoon) into the center of dough ball, about 1/2 inch deep. Fill indentation with about 3/4 teaspoon jam.

Bake cookies until edges are golden, about 15 minutes. Rotate the pans from top to bottom about halfway through baking. Cool cookies on the baking sheets. Enjoy.

Store cookies in a tightly sealed container.

Glædelig Jul and Merry Christmas♥

1/2 teaspoon measuring tool makes indenting the cookies easy

Fill with your favorite jam

Source: adapted from Food Network

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Posted in 12 Days of Christmas, Christmas, Cookies, Dessert | Tagged baked, butter, christmas, cookies, jam, jul, marmelade, småkager, thumbprint | 6 Comments

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  1. on November 21, 2010 at 10:01 Tes

    I just love filling cookies with jam. This recipe sounds like something fun to try with my kid. We used to make macaroons with jam before… so we will definitely love this 🙂


    • on November 21, 2010 at 16:21 mydanishkitchen

      Tes, jam in macaroons….what a great idea!


  2. on November 20, 2010 at 23:12 Christina

    You know I have NEVER made thumbprint cookies! These look amazing! I will definitely be making these this holiday season! 🙂


  3. on November 20, 2010 at 22:16 Torviewtoronto

    Delicious cookies like making this
    Lovely pictures


  4. on November 20, 2010 at 15:04 Staci

    Hi Gitte,
    Congrats on your 12 days of Christmas. Love it! We just went to a Juletamtam at my son’s børnehaven and ate pebbernøder and æbleskiver…along with a nice cup of glogg! Your cookies look amazing! And I just remembered to add your blog to my blog. 🙂 Glædig Jul!


    • on November 21, 2010 at 05:44 mydanishkitchen

      Staci, this time of year I get really homesick and I hope you enjoy the Danish Christmas time….Hygge is everywhere. Makes me want to cancel all plans over here and go home to visit for Christmas….but no can do. 🙂 You’re on my page as well, thanks.



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