Raspberry thumbprint cookies are sweet, buttery almond cookies filled with raspberry jam in the center. Yum!
Ingredients
1/2cupunsalted butter1 stick (softened)
1/2cupwhite granulated sugardivided
1/4cupbrown sugar
1egg
1teaspoonalmond extract
1 1/2cupsall purpose flour
1/4teaspoonsalt
1/3cupraspberry jam
Instructions
Making The Cookie Dough
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray lightly with cooking oil.
In a large bowl add softened butter, 1/4 cup granulated sugar and brown sugar. With an electric mixer at medium speed cream the butter and sugar mixture together until smooth.
Add the egg and almond extract to the wet ingredients and mix until combined.
Sprinkle the salt around the bowl of wet ingredients so it distributes evenly in the cookie dough. Add the flour a little bit at a time, mixing in between until a dough forms. Scrape down the bowl as needed.
Form cookie dough balls with about a tablespoon of cookie dough. Use a cookie scoop for more even cookies. Roll each cookie dough ball in 1/4 cup of white sugar then place on the prepared baking sheet.
Use the end of a wooden spoon or your thumb to create a hole in the middle of each cookie for the jam. Fill each hole with about 1 teaspoon of raspberry jam.
Sprinkle the tops of the cookies with a little additional white sugar. Chill the filled cookie dough in the fridge for about 20 minutes before baking.
Baking The Cookies
Bake cookies for 7-8 minutes. Remove the cookies from the oven when the edges are just lightly brown.
Fill the middle of each cookie with extra jam if any need a little more. Move cookies to a cooling rack or clean cooking towel to cool completely. Allow cookies to cool, then enjoy!
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Notes
While a wooden spoon handle or your thumb can be great for making the center of a thumbprint cookie, I've also found a clean wine cork works well. It leaves a little more room for jam in the cookie.
It can be less messy to put the jam in a zip-top bag and then snip the bottom corner. Use the bag of jam to fill the cookies instead of a spoon in the center of each cookie.