Thumbprint Cookies – Non Bad Grandma Mitzi To The Rescue!

My mother, Pauline, made actually squeamish thumbprint cookies, but unfortunately I never wrote downward her recipe, too hence I was forced to larn online to respect one, hence I could refresh my memory. I knew the ingredients, but unless you lot convey them inwards the correct proportions, you lot won’t terminate upwardly amongst that perfect melt-in-your-mouth texture these iconic cookies are known for.

Above too beyond the buttery mouthfeel, nosotros too desire a cookie that has perfectly smoothen edges, amongst none of the dreaded cracks that laissez passer away a subpar recipe. So, I did an epitome search, too came across a recipe that looked rattling similar, too believe it or not, it was credited to a Great Grandma named “Mitzi.” Since my final call is Mitzewich, that pretty much sealed the deal.

I unremarkably convey to adjust recipes I pocket online, but amongst these, I didn’t demand to alter a thing. They actually were perfect, every bit advertised. So, sincere thank you lot to Stacy from Wicked Good Kitchen, too her Great Grandma, Mitzi.  My Mom would’ve loved these, although she would’ve asked where the chopped walnuts were, since she liked to add together those to hers. 

Speaking of family, if you’re entertaining approximately of yours during the holidays, these beautiful cookies would brand a lovely improver to your dessert table, which is why I actually create promise you lot laissez passer them a endeavour soon. Enjoy!

Ingredients to brand twenty to 24 Thumbprint Cookies:

1 stick (1/2 cup) soft unsalted butter

1/3 loving cup powdered saccharide (not sifted)

1 large egg yolk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/8 teaspoon almond extract

1/4 teaspoon fine salt

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (5 ounces past times weight)

1/2 loving cup fruit jam to fill upwardly centers

- 325 F. for fifteen minutes

For the icing:

- Combine powdered saccharide amongst a piddling milk or water, too mix until you lot convey a consistency that volition tally its shape when piped.

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