Thumbprint Cookies

Snagged this recipe from Danielle over a year ago and never shared my experience here. I had a pretty difficult time because the dough would not stick together properly and unfortunately, after baking, there were a lot of cracks in my cookies. BUT I would definitely try making these again because although crumbly, they were mighty tasty!


[my cookies]

What you will need:

2 1/3 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 sticks butter (softened)
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla
strawberry preserves (or any flavor you'd like)


1. Mix flour and sugar together in one bowl

2. In another bowl, electrically mix butter, yolk, vanilla

3. Add wet to dry mix, and mix by hand for about 15 minutes
*add 1/4 stick of butter if mixing by hand does not help turn into solid ball of dough

4. Mix together until it becomes one ball of dough (if it's too soft you can put in the fridge in wax paper)

5. Take one tablespoon and roll into a ball and make a thumbprint in middle of the ball

6. Bake on un-greased pan in oven at 350degrees for 15-20 minutes, until they are golden

7. Take them out and put preserves in the thumbprint

8. Put them back into the oven and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes

9. Once the thumbprint cookies have cooled, roll in sugar for added decoration


[danielle's cookies]