Easy Thumbprint Cookie Recipe from Food Network's 12 Days of Cookies

[jrstephens]

How do you make yours? I got a recipe from 12 Days of Cookies from Food Network. It calls for "unsalted butter" and "all purpose flour." Is there a reason for so many "unsalted" ingredients?

I would love to see how you all make them! I am going to buy groceries tonight and want to get the stuff to make them.

 

[pamperedgirl3]

I got that same recipe & wanted to try it too!! I'm not sure why you need unsalted--but I'm sure there's a reason!

 

[ChefBeckyD]

"All-Purpose" flour is just regular flour - probably what you would normally buy anyway -( as opposed to bread flour or cake flour - which have higher and lower protein contents to provide a different outcome in the product)
Unsalted butter is often called for in baking - if you use regular salted butter, than just cut down or eliminate the salt called for in the recipe. I usually buy only unsalted butter - it is slightly sweeter in flavor. however, if you use unsalted butter, you can't let it sit out as long as unsalted - the salt acts as a preservative, and keeps the butter fresh longer.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Oh, and for the most part I think bakers and chefs use unsalted butter because they then have better control over the outcome of the product - more control over the seasoning and flavor....if you don't want to use it, I don't think there would be that much of a difference in your cookies,

 

[thechefofnorthbend]

ThumbprintsHere is a recipe that I got from my mom Years ago. I think its from the first Betty Crocker cookbook she ever owned (circa 1956)

Thumbprint Cookies

Mix throughly


1/2 cup soft shortening (half butter)
1/4 cup brown sugar (packed)
1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp vanilla

Sift together and stir in


1 cup sifted Gold Medal flour
1/4 tsp salt

Roll into 1" balls. Dip in slightly beaten egg whites. Roll in finely chopped nuts (3/4 cup). Place about 1" apart on ungreased baking sheet and press thumb into center of each. Bake until set. Cool. Place in thumbprints a bit of chopped candied fruit, sparkling jelly, or tinted confectioners' sugar icing.




Temperature: 375 degrees (quick mod. oven).
Time: Bake 10 to 12 minutes
Amount" about 2 doz. 1 1/2" cookies.

 

[Ginger428]

Here is a recipe that I got from my mom Years ago. I think its from the first Betty Crocker cookbook she ever owned (circa 1956)

Thumbprint Cookies

Mix throughly


1/2 cup soft shortening (half butter)
1/4 cup brown sugar (packed)
1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp vanilla

Sift together and stir in


1 cup sifted Gold Medal flour
1/4 tsp salt

Roll into 1" balls. Dip in slightly beaten egg whites. Roll in finely chopped nuts (3/4 cup). Place about 1" apart on ungreased baking sheet and press thumb into center of each. Bake until set. Cool. Place in thumbprints a bit of chopped candied fruit, sparkling jelly, or tinted confectioners' sugar icing.




Temperature: 375 degrees (quick mod. oven).
Time: Bake 10 to 12 minutes
Amount" about 2 doz. 1 1/2" cookies.

I'm just curious...I wonder how these would come out if done in the mini muffin pan...hmmmmm

 

[jrstephens]

I got that same recipe & wanted to try it too!! I'm not sure why you need unsalted--but I'm sure there's a reason!

I bought the stuff for them tonight b/c I did not get to check this before I left. I am going to make them this weekend, and I will let you know how they are.

Darby - yours sounds great too! I may have to try them later! My husband is going to be "cookied" out!

 

[pamperedgirl3]

Talk about cookied out--my husband made about 6 or 7 different kinds of cookies last weekend! We have tins upon tins of cookies on the kitchen counter. Then he comes home yesterday with 3 bags of cookies that she made! Luckily he does pass these out to family & takes them to work.

 

[BethCooks4U]

I'm just curious...I wonder how these would come out if done in the mini muffin pan...hmmmmm

I make thumbprint cookies too and have made them in the muffin pan - they came out great but I still prefer to make my cookies on a stone - even those.

 

[Ginger428]

I make thumbprint cookies too and have made them in the muffin pan - they came out great but I still prefer to make my cookies on a stone - even those.

OK...thanks for your response Beth..

 

[its_me_susan]

How do you make yours? I got a recipe from 12 Days of Cookies from Food Network. It calls for "unsalted butter" and "all purpose flour." Is there a reason for so many "unsalted" ingredients?

I would love to see how you all make them! I am going to buy groceries tonight and want to get the stuff to make them.

Make this instead - use your EAD to fill with jam using star tip. People are dying over this~

 

[jrstephens]

I just pulled the Food Network ones out the overn.

They are ok, but they seem too dry to me. They do have a good taste to them, just needs some mor moisture.

And my husband decides to tell me AFTER I fill them ALL with jam that he is not too crazy about jam! Guess, me and my sone will be eating a lor or some neighbors are going to LOVE me!

Thanks for the Almond recipe - I may try these! But my husband just about ruines me on trying new things though when hedoes not eat them and wants to stick with the same old, same old I bake every year.

 

[letscook04]

Make this instead - use your EAD to fill with jam using star tip. People are dying over this~

Now, that sounds so easy and good to make Thanks for sharing!

 

[jaye]

I have made various cookies in the mini muffin pan, I think that they all come out better on the stones and I think that they look prettier, too. IMHO.

 

[jaye]

Q. Why use the EAD for the jam? I have piped it in before, and it just melts into a puddle, regardless. Is there something else that I don't know?

 

[letscook04]

Make this instead - use your EAD to fill with jam using star tip. People are dying over this~

Oh my god!!! I just made these and they are fabulous!!! The best part is they ARE so easy to make.

THANK YOU!!!!!!