These buttery little rounds add beautiful color to a platter of treats. Fill the thumbprint in the center with any fruit preserves you like. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen
Thumbprint Butter Cookies Recipe photo by Taste of Home
Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in egg, oil, vanilla and butter flavoring. In another bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture.
Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Press a deep indentation in center of each with the end of a wooden spoon handle. Bake until edges are light brown, 8-10 minutes.
Remove from pans to wire racks to cool. Fill with preserves.
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elainek51
Nov 13, 2020
Have made these cookies for two separate weddings & they are delicious. I put the jam in thumbprints before I baked them. Very good. Don't hesitate to try.
Beapaczkowski
Nov 28, 2018
I haven’t made these cookies yet, but when I do I will add preserves before I bake them, as I do with my other thumbprint cookies...
lvarner
Nov 2, 2018
This is a great recipe for a holiday cookie tray. The cookies are so pretty, and I love varying the flavor of the preserves to add flavor and color variety. They taste really good too!
zeena
Jun 19, 2018
hii excellent recipe i made this before, i will try this one
shandan23
Dec 10, 2013
very good cookies! can be made into smaller balls of dough on cookie sheets, i used my metal tsp bottom to make the holes in the middle, works better but you need to do it again halfway through baking. They look beautiful when filled with your favorite jams! i used my homemade freezer jam! Will definately be a keeper in my house!
Heather940
Apr 27, 2013
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SusanKR
Dec 11, 2012
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kleescraga
Dec 16, 2011
Delicious cookies. The recipe didn't mention the necessity to chill prior to rolling, but my dough was so soft I had to refrigerate for about an hour. I didn't know if the finished cookies would need to be refrigerated, but I did anyway just to be safe. This recipe is definitely a keeper for us, but I would like to know if final refrigeration is necessary.
imacookingirl
Dec 21, 2010
Absolutely fantastic!!!!! I made a batch to take to my teacher and all of them were impressed!!! Even the Home Ec teacher said they were marvelous!!!!!
trilletsub
Dec 20, 2010
Since finding this in the magazine it has become a yearly favorite!
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Have made these cookies for two separate weddings & they are delicious. I put the jam in thumbprints before I baked them. Very good. Don't hesitate to try.
I haven’t made these cookies yet, but when I do I will add preserves before I bake them, as I do with my other thumbprint cookies...
This is a great recipe for a holiday cookie tray. The cookies are so pretty, and I love varying the flavor of the preserves to add flavor and color variety. They taste really good too!
hii excellent recipe i made this before, i will try this one
very good cookies! can be made into smaller balls of dough on cookie sheets, i used my metal tsp bottom to make the holes in the middle, works better but you need to do it again halfway through baking. They look beautiful when filled with your favorite jams! i used my homemade freezer jam! Will definately be a keeper in my house!
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Delicious cookies. The recipe didn't mention the necessity to chill prior to rolling, but my dough was so soft I had to refrigerate for about an hour. I didn't know if the finished cookies would need to be refrigerated, but I did anyway just to be safe. This recipe is definitely a keeper for us, but I would like to know if final refrigeration is necessary.
Absolutely fantastic!!!!! I made a batch to take to my teacher and all of them were impressed!!! Even the Home Ec teacher said they were marvelous!!!!!
Since finding this in the magazine it has become a yearly favorite!