Food & Cooking Recipes Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes Thumbprint Cookies 4.1 (83) These classic treats are colorful, delicious, and fun to make. Servings: 36 Yield: 3 dozen Jump to recipe Need a classic cookie? Try our thumbprint cookie recipe. It yields irresistible colorful treats that are fun to make and fun to eat. Be sure to use a wide selection of jams for the filling. We like to mix it up with dollops of apricot, raspberry, and red currant jam. A touch of ground almonds in the dough makes these thumbprints extra rich and just right for your Christmas cookie swap—though they’re too good to only make during the holidays. They require just a few basic ingredients like the butter, flour, and sugar you’re sure to already have on hand. The almonds and a selection of jam or preserves might be the only things you need to stock up on. 19 Delicious and Impressive Recipes for Your Next Cookie Swap Credit: Joseph De Leo Directions Preheat oven; beat butter and 1/2 cup sugar, then add yolk and vanilla. Preheat oven to 325°F. 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. Combine dry ingredients and add to butter mixture: In a separate bowl, whisk together flour and salt; add to butter mixture, beating on low until combined. Mix ground almonds with sugar: Combine ground almonds with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar in a small bowl. Form cookies and place on baking sheet: 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: Bake 10 minutes, remove from oven, and press down the centers again. Rotate sheets, and bake until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes more. When reshaping the thumbprints after the cookies have baked for 10 minutes, dip your finger in ice water for several seconds and dry before reshaping; this will keep your finger cool. Or, use the bottom of a wooden spoon to make the indentations. Cool and fill centers with jam: Transfer sheets to a wire rack to cool slightly. Fill center of each cookie with about 1 teaspoon jam. Let cool completely. Storing Thumbprint Cookies Thumbprints can be stored at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 1 day. If they are not filled with jam, they can be stored for up to 3 days. Stack them in the container using parchment paper between the layers. Other Jam Cookie Recipes to Try Citrus Thumbprints Chocolate Thumbprints Linzer Flower Cookies Peanut Butter Oat Drop Cookies With Jam Lamington Thumbprint Cookies