Cherry Thumbprint Cookies. Browse new releases, best sellers or classics & Find your next favourite book But Did You Check eBay? Check Out Cookie Recipes On eBay. Place the dough onto your cookie sheet and press a small well into the tops of them with your thumb.

Make thumbprints in each dough ball and fill with a cherry from the pie filling. For the cookies, whisk together flour and salt. Add egg yolk, vanilla, and almond extract and beat on low speed until blended. You can have Cherry Thumbprint Cookies using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Cherry Thumbprint Cookies

You need of SHORTBREAD THUMBPRINT COOKI.
Prepare 1 cup of unsalted butter, at room temperature.
It's 2/3 cup of granulated sugar.
You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
Prepare 1/4 tsp of almond extract.
Prepare 2 cup of plus 2 tablespoons all purpose flour.
You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
Prepare 1/2 cup of cherry preserves or jam.
Prepare of WHITE CHOCOLATE GLAZE.
Prepare 4 of white chocolate, not chips chopped.
It's of DARK CHOCOLATE GLAZE.
It's 4 of semi sweet chocolate, chopped or chips can be used.

Add flour mixture to creamed mixture; beat on low speed until combined. These cherry thumbprint cookies have a soft, pillow-y cookie dough infused with cream cheese for a rich flavor that can't be beat. Top with a sprinkling of graham cracker crumbs and a jammy sweet cherry, and you have an incredible dessert or afternoon pick-me-up. Here are a couple of tips to help your cookies really turn out their best: Roll dough into round balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Cherry Thumbprint Cookies instructions

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..

Make thumbprints in each dough ball and fill with your a cherry from the pie filling. Note: the ratio of butter to dry ingredients is crucial to having them turn out right. Make sure the butter is room temperature before starting, and measure accurately. If for some reason the thumbprint indentations have puffed up, very carefully press with the back of a measuring spoon (or a similar object) to re-shape it. Gently press a cherry half cut-side down into each dough ball.