The Best Jelly Thumbprint Cookies Ever

Posted on December 14, 2005

Jelly Thumbprint Cookies

¾ cup butter, softened
¼ cup white sugar
¼ cup brown sugar
2 egg yolks
½ tsp vanilla extract
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
jelly, jam or fruit preserves

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a medium bowl, combine butter, white sugar, brown sugar and egg yolks. Stir in flour slowly until a ball of dough forms.

Roll dough into 1 inch balls. If

Place cookie balls roughly 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet or jelly roll pan.

Press thumb in the center of each cookie. Spoon jam, jelly or preserves into the hole.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until golden brown around the edges and on the bottom.

Let cool on wire racks.

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3 Responses to “The Best Jelly Thumbprint Cookies Ever”

  1. Sarah on December 14th, 2005 10:12 pm

    I don’t know if you and Will watch sesame street, but Nella and I do: “Me want cookie!”

  2. Sarah on December 15th, 2005 6:03 am

    LOL. It kind of made me sad when I first heard that Cookie Monster has to be more pc . . . Cookies are a sometimes food, or something like that.

  3. Sarah on December 15th, 2005 5:34 pm

    I think it’s only old ones on in the early morning, which is when we watch, because he’s still completely unable to control himself over those cookies (thank god).

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