Birthday Party Thumbprints

Name: Birthday Party Thumbprints
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Ingredients: ¾ cup (1½ sticks, or 180 g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature; ½ cup (60 g) confectioners’ sugar; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; seeds scraped from ½ vanilla bean; 1½ cups (180 g) all-purpose flour; ¼ teaspoon salt; ⅔ cup (110 g) plus 2 tablespoons (20 g) rainbow sprinkles, divided; 3 ounces (85 g) white chocolate, coarsely chopped; 3 tablespoons (45 ml) heavy cream; 1 very small drop red or pink liquid food coloring (optional); 1 very small drop red or pink liquid food coloring (optional)

Preparation info

Yield:
36
cookies

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 45

Appears in

Sally's Cookie Addiction

By Sally McKenney

Published 2017

About

There’s always that fun, slightly quirky one in a group of girlfriends. She dresses boldly, plans all the parties, cracks all the jokes, smiles brightly, and whenever you’re with her, you always have the best time. Consider this recipe the fun and quirky one in the thumbprint cookie gang.

Ingredients

Cookie Dough

¾ cup (1½ sticks, or 180 g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature

Cookies
Vegetarian
Birthday

Method

To make the dough: In a large bowl, using a handheld mixer or a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium-high speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the confectioners’ sugar, vanilla extract, and vanilla seeds, and beat on medium-high speed until combined and creamy, about 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides and up the bottom of the bow