Butter Thumbprint Cookies

• Vegetarian

• Condiments

  • 1/2 cup Fruit jam

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp Butter flavoring
  • 3/4 cup Confectioners' sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Kosher salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Butter, salted

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Description

Ingredients

• 1 cup salted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup confectioners sugar (1/2 cup for in the recipe and 1/4 cup for dusting)
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp butter flavoring (optional)
• 1/4 tsp kosher salt
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup fruit jam (We used raspberry and quince)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper
• Using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar together. Mix for 2 minutes.
• Add in vanilla and salt, and butter flavoring (if using) scrape down sides of bowl.
• Add in flour, mix until just combined.
• Use a tablespoon measurer to scoop out a heaping TBS ball of dough, and place it on the parchment sheet. Then depress the center either with a smaller measuring spoon or your thumb.
• Fill the center with jam of choice
• Bake 12-15 minutes until golden brown and puffy.
• Remove from pan and let cool on wire rack.
• Dust with confectioners sugar once cooled.
• Keep in airtight container until ready to eat. Good for 3 days.