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Heart Thumbprints

Customizing thumbprint cookies for Valentine’s Day! Use strawberry or raspberry jam and 2 thumbprints in the shape of a V. A delicious, very cute cookie !
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Course: cookies, desserts
Cuisine: cookies
Keyword: cookies, strawberry jam, thumbprints, valentine, valentine's day

Ingredients

CHERRY JAM: But feel free to substitute your favorite red jam, like strawberry or raspberry!

  • 150 g Whole cherries approx. 1 cup
  • 50 g 1/4 cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp Lemon juice

COOKIE

    Creamed Mixture

    • 115 g Unsalted butter (1/2 cup) room temperature 68 degrees, shuld not be soft and melty
    • 60 g powdered sugar (1/2 cup)
    • 1 Egg yolk
    • 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract

    The Dry Stuff

    • 140 g All purpose flour (3/4 cup + 2 tbsp)
    • 15 g Cornstarch (2 tbsp)
    • 1/4 tsp salt
    • 1/2 Tsp lemon or orange zest, OPTIONAL finely grated

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 350F

    CHERRY JAM

    • Finely chop cherries
    • Combine cherries, sugar and lemon juice in a small saucepan
    • Heat over medium heat for 8-10 minutes until thickened. Cool

    COOKIE

    • Combine flour and cornstarch in a bowl. Set aside.
    • Cream butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy
    • Add egg yolk and vanilla extract, beat until well mixed.
    • Add flour mixture and stir until combined.
    • Use a #50 scoop to form 12-14 balls. If dough is sticky, chill for 10 minutes before scooping. Remove from fridge and roll into smooth balls. This is essential, a smooth surface, or you will have cracks in your finsihed cookie. Create a heart shape in the center of each ball using two thumbprints (I used my pointer finger) pressed in a V shape. Chill for 10-15 minutes.
    • Fill the thumbprint with cooled cherry jam or jam of your choice*
    • Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until lightly golden brown.

    Notes

    Weigh dough and divide by 12.  Use this as your guide.  Each dough ball will weigh approximately 25 grams.  Each baked cookie will be approximately 2 inches in diameter.
    *Use jam of choice.  I like raspberry or strawberry for Valentine's Day.  The jam should be fairly thick so it doesn't run too much.  If need be, heat jam and reduce to thicken it.
    The recipe can be doubled