Easy Thumbprint Cookies

Thumbprint cookies are a classic that everyone loves! These easy cookies are a delicious soft buttery dough filled with sweet jam for a delicious flavor that everyone loves!

This classic cookie recipe can be filled with your favorite jam for a delicious treat anytime! We love to make these cookies for holidays, parties, bake sales, or just because! This recipe for thumbprint cookies uses a delicious soft cookie dough to create a cookie that is soft, chewy and full of flavor. They are a bit different than classic thumbprint cookies that are more like shortbread cookies filled with jam. These are more of a soft sweet cookie base filled with your favorite jam.

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FAQ & Tips for Jam Thumbprint Cookies

Can I use different jam?

Absolutely! We love these cookies made with strawberry jam but you can use your favorite jam flavor! I love to make raspberry thumbprint cookies, we also love these made with apricot jam or even grape! You can use any flavor of jam to create these cookies!

How to store these cookies-

These cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-4 days. I like to arrange the cookies in single layers with parchment paper or wax paper between them to keep the jam from sticking to the cookies on top. You can refrigerate the cookies to keep longer.

Other thumbprint cookie filling ideas-

While we love jam thumbprints you can also fill these little cookies with other fillings! We love to make them and fill them with frosting or chocolate ganache. If you want to fill them after baking you’ll want to bake the cookies half way and then press in the indentation again and finish baking them. This helps form the cookies so that you can fill them with whatever you’d like.

Ingredients for Thumbprint Cookies

¾ Cups Butter – softened

¼ Cup Shortening

1 ½ Cups Sugar

2 Eggs

1 ½ tsp Vanilla

2 ½ Cups Flour

1 Box Instant Vanilla Pudding

1 tsp Baking Powder

½ tsp Salt

1 Cup Strawberry Jam

Here’s How to Make These Easy Thumbprint Cookies

Preheat oven to 350 line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.

In a large bowl with an electric mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar and shortening.

Add in eggs, vanilla, and instant pudding mix. Continue mixing until thoroughly incorporated.

In a separate bowl stir together flour, baking powder and salt.

Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture a little at a time mixing between additions until all the flour is incorporated.

Using a cookie scoop or spoon scoop out dough by the tablespoonful and roll it into balls. Place on the prepared baking sheet about 2 inches apart to allow room for the cookies to spread.

Press your finger, the handle of a wooden spoon or your thumb into the center of each ball of dough to create an indentation. Spoon about a teaspoon of jam into the center of each cookie.

Bake for 12-15 minutes or until the cookies are lightly golden brown around the edges.

Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack to let the cookies cool completely.

Store thumbprint cookies in an airtight container.

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