Thumbprint cookies

Name: Thumbprint cookies
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: Makes about 36
Ingredients: 200 g (6½ oz) walnuts or almonds, chopped; 1 egg; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or essence; 250 g (8 oz) plain flour; 250 g (8 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature; ¼ teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; raspberry jam; 85 g (2¾ oz) icing sugar

Preparation info

Makes about
36

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 30

Appears in

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1999

About

The name given to these simple but delicious cookies comes from the method—after placing small balls of dough onto a baking tray, indentations are made with the thumb and then filled with jam.

Ingredients

250 g (8 oz) plain flour
¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Vegetarian
Cookies

Method

Preheat the oven to moderate 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). Brush two baking trays with melted butter.
Sift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt. Cream together the butter and icing sugar until smooth and creamy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat well