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Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies Recipe
Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies are perfect for entertaining and everyday. Thumbprint cookies are great for showers, weddings, and holiday giving, too!
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings: 100 cookies
Calories: 55 kcal
Course:
Dessert , Snacks
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
Thumbprint Cookies:
- 1 1 cup butter
- 1 1/2 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 2 eggs
- 3 1/2 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Chocolate Ganache
- 1/2 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 3 1/2 3 1/2 ounces chocolate
- 1 1 tablespoon butter
Instructions
- Thumbprint Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine butter and sugar until creamy. Add in vanilla and egg until well-incorporated and then slowly add flour, baking powder, and salt. Shape dough into a ball. Cut into fourths and wrap each section tightly with plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator.
- Scoop 1 teaspoon of dough and then roll in between the palms of your hands until a ball, about the size of a walnut, has formed. Drop onto a cookie sheet. Press your thumb into the center of the dough ball to form a slight well. Repeat until all dough has been used.
- Place sheet pans in the freezer for about 12 minutes to firm to prevent spreading during baking.
- Bake for about 12-15 minutes until brown. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slighty.
- Scoop 1/2 teaspoon of your favorite jam, preserves, or fruit curd to fill the center of the cookie.
- Store in an airtight container.
- Chocolate Ganache
- Pour heavy cream into a heavy bottomed sauce pan and bring to a low simmer over medium heat.
- Break chocolate into pieces into a medium glass bowl. Pour cream over chocolate. Add butter and whisk until smooth.
- Chill ganache for about 15-20 minutes to firm.
- For easily adding the ganache to the cooled thumbprint cookie, pour ganache into a ziptop bag and snip the corner for easy dispensing. Alternately, you can use a pastry bag or a pastry bottle to dispense.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1 cookie
Calories
55kcal
(3%)
Carbohydrates
7g
(2%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
3g
(5%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
0.1g
Cholesterol
10mg
(3%)
Sodium
23mg
(1%)
Potassium
17mg
(0%)
Fiber
0.2g
(1%)
Sugar
4g
(8%)
Vitamin A
82IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
0.01mg
(0%)
Calcium
5mg
(1%)
Iron
0.3mg
(2%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 100cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 55
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 cookie | |
| Calories | 55kcal | 3% |
| Carbohydrates | 7g | 2% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 3g | 5% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 10mg | 3% |
| Sodium | 23mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 17mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 0.2g | 1% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 82IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 0.01mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 5mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.3mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.