Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, cherry thumbprint cookies. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Cherry Thumbprint Cookies is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Cherry Thumbprint Cookies is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
These cherry cookies are truly one of a kind. Made with homemade maraschino cherries and a dough lightly flavored with almond, these gem-like cookies are true. Cookies don't get prettier (or easier) than these dreamy thumbprints.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cherry thumbprint cookies using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Cherry Thumbprint Cookies:
- Make ready SHORTBREAD THUMBPRINT COOKI
- Make ready 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- Prepare 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Take 1/4 tsp almond extract
- Make ready 2 cup plus 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- Take 1/4 tsp salt
- Get 1/2 cup cherry preserves or jam
- Prepare WHITE CHOCOLATE GLAZE
- Make ready 4 white chocolate, not chips chopped
- Take DARK CHOCOLATE GLAZE
- Prepare 4 semi sweet chocolate, chopped or chips can be used
The flavors go together nicely; the cookies have a delicate crumb. Oh my this Cherry Thumbprint Cookies Recipe is my favorite I have made this year. I will be honest I have been so busy with getting ready for the holidays and cookies has been one of my main concerns. These buttery shortbread thumbprint cookies are flavored with almond, filled with cherry jam, and drizzled with a simple icing.
Steps to make Cherry Thumbprint Cookies:
- Preheat oven to 350. Line baking sheets with parchment paper
- Combine flour and salt in a bowl, set aside
- In another bowl beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add vanilla and almond extract and beat in
- Add flour and salt mixture and stir until b L emded
- Cover and refigerate until dough is firm, at least 2 hours. Then roll into 1 inch balls, place on prepared pans
- Make a indentation with a wooden spoon handle or a thumb,if it cracks just smooth it over , place some cherry jam in each indentation. Keep dough cool. If it warms during batches chill it don't work with warm sticky dough
- Bake for 13 to 15 minutes until slightly golden. Cool in pans 5 minutes then transfer to racks to cool completely before glazing
- GLAZE COOKIES
- Melt semisweet chocolate, just until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cookies
- Melt white chocolate just until smooth, . Drizzle over cookies. Let cookies sit about 30 minutes to set choclate up.
Add these festive cookies into your holiday cookie tin! Cherry Ginger Thumbprint Cookies - an AWESOME thumbprint recipe filled with marvelous holiday flavor. Cherry and ginger nested in the center of each cookies. Because whats not good with cherry preserves. These soft cookies are easy and a great snack.
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