It’s almost Christmas and I still have Christmas shopping to do. But instead of getting that done, I stayed in baking raspberry filled thumbprint cookies. They’re great cookies to bake for the holidays besides gingerbread cookies. They just look so festive and fun to make.
Maybe it’s the jam filling that makes them perfect for Christmas. Below is a recipe that I followed to make these tasty treats. Enjoy!
Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup of unsalted butter
- 2/3 cup of sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2 tsp. of vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp. of salt
- 2 1/4 cup of flour
- 1/2 cup of jam (for these I chose raspberry jam with seeds)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Melt butter in a saucepan and leave place in refrigerator to cool off for a few minutes.
- Mix salt and flour together in a bowl.
- In a separate bowl, beat cooled butter, egg yolk, vanilla extract, and sugar until batter is fluffy.
- Take a small 1-inch round spoon, and use it to place dough onto the baking sheet.
- After this is done, you can gently press on the dough with your thumb. If you find your thumb sticking on the dough, just wet your thumb with water and it will do the trick.
- Place baking sheet in the oven. Bake for 10 minutes. You may notice that, after the 10 minutes, the dough has expanded and the thumbprint may be going away. Take the cookies out and press firmly down with the back of a small spoon.
- Before you put them back, fill in the thumbprints with jam.
- Now, you can bake for an additional 5 minutes or until the cookies look golden.
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Christmas was great this year. Not only did we celebrate the holiday but we also celebrated my sister’s birthday. The double celebration was all my niece’s idea; she wanted to do something special for my sister. And she did do something special. She did a wonderful job in picking out the decorations and setting them up. And of course my sister outdid herself with all of the yummy food.
So Christmas is approaching us rather quickly this year and I’m here at home with a stomach virus. Gosh! My lack of posting has created a disappointment within myself. So just to brighten up my mood and look forward to what’s coming this month, I created this short holiday wish list. Enjoy!
Thanksgiving this year was a success! We went to my sister’s house to celebrate family and to give thanks. The food was made completely by my sister so kudos to her! Even though it’s not shown here, I promise it was a delicious feast. We brought some sparkling apple cider, coconut pie, and beer. We also bought this great drink called Ciderboys. It’s apple cider with 5% alcohol; very tasty but very light.
Over the weekend I met up with my college friend Jessica (you can find her at