
Jam Thumbprint Cookies
Total Time
Prep: 20 min. + chilling Bake: 20 min./batch
Yield
about 5 dozen
When I was four, Mom and I would don our aprons and I would pretend we were bakers named Marge and Betty. Though we dropped that routine, we still make Christmas cookies together every year. —Rebecca Little, Park Ridge, Illinois
Ingredients
- 1-1/2 cups butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 to 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1/3 cup apricot or red raspberry preserves
- Confectioners' sugar, optional
Directions
- In a large bowl, cream the butter, sugar, vanilla and salt until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Gradually beat in enough flour to form a smooth dough.
- Preheat oven to 350°. Place coconut in a small bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk egg and water. Shape cookie dough into 1-in. balls; dip tops in egg mixture, then in coconut, pressing slightly to adhere. Place 1-1/2 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets, coconut side up.
- Press a deep indentation in center of each with the end of a wooden spoon handle. Fill with preserves.
- Bake 15-18 minutes or until bottoms are browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. If desired, dust tops with confectioner's sugar.
Nutrition Facts
1 cookie: 82 calories, 5g fat (3g saturated fat), 15mg cholesterol, 43mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
When I was four, Mom and I would don our aprons and I would pretend we were bakers named Marge and Betty. Though we dropped that routine, we still make Christmas cookies together every year. —Rebecca Little, Park Ridge, Illinois
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