Jam Drops (Thumbprint Cookies)

Name: Jam Drops (Thumbprint Cookies)
Prep time: 26 min
Cook time: 14 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 225g (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened; 3/4 cup caster sugar / superfine sugar ((regular/granulated sugar ok too, Note 1)); 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1 large egg (, at room temperature (~50-55g/2oz)); 2 1/2 cups plain flour ((all-purpose flour)); 1/4 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt; 1/2 cup strawberry or raspberry jam (, or any other flavour, mixed well to loosen (Note 2))

Instructions

Prep:26minCook:14min

Recipe video above. Buttery vanilla shortbread biscuits filled with jam, made the old fashioned way - because you can't improve on perfection! I'm a little more generous on the jam than typical recipes, and insist on baking the jam into the cookie rather than filling the dent in afterwards (it's just not the same!).I also insist on making this the traditional way using your thumb to make the dent (hence the recipe name Thumbprint Cookies). Use any flavoured jam you want, though strawberry and raspberry are popular choices (strawberry is pictured), apricot is also common.

Updated at: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 06:09:44 GMT