Cherry Thumbprint Cookies

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fenway @Fenway

This is a simple basic shortbread, rolled into balls to create a thumbprint cookie filled with Cherry PJam, then dressed up with white and dark Chocolate drizzles. The cookies are tender and so good with the chocolates and cherries!

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Ingredients

15 mins
28 servings
  1. SHORTBREAD THUMBPRINT COOKI
  2. 1 cupunsalted butter, at room temperature
  3. 2/3 cupgranulated sugar
  4. 1 tspvanilla extract
  5. 1/4 tspalmond extract
  6. 2 cupplus 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
  7. 1/4 tspsalt
  8. 1/2 cupcherry preserves or jam
  9. WHITE CHOCOLATE GLAZE
  10. 4white chocolate, not chips chopped
  11. DARK CHOCOLATE GLAZE
  12. 4semi sweet chocolate, chopped or chips can be used

Cooking Instructions

15 mins
  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350. Line baking sheets with parchment paper

  2. 2

    Combine flour and salt in a bowl, set aside

  3. 3

    In another bowl beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add vanilla and almond extract and beat in

  4. 4

    Add flour and salt mixture and stir until b L emded

  5. 5

    Cover and refigerate until dough is firm, at least 2 hours. Then roll into 1 inch balls, place on prepared pans

  6. 6

    Make a indentation with a wooden spoon handle or a thumb,if it cracks just smooth it over , place some cherry jam in each indentation. Keep dough cool. If it warms during batches chill it don't work with warm sticky dough

  7. 7

    Bake for 13 to 15 minutes until slightly golden. Cool in pans 5 minutes then transfer to racks to cool completely before glazing

  8. 8

    GLAZE COOKIES

  9. 9

    Melt semisweet chocolate, just until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cookies

  10. 10

    Melt white chocolate just until smooth, . Drizzle over cookies. Let cookies sit about 30 minutes to set choclate up.

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“Fenway” passed away on 2/3/2021. For the last year she tried to teach her husband of 42 years how to cook like her. Although I will never be as good of a cook as her she did pass on her passion for cooking. Therefore, I will attempt to carry on her legacy and maintain/update her site. My wife was a Registered Nurse, a licensed deep water aerobics instructor, a mother to our 2 children and a fantastic cook. We grew up in New England but have been fortunate to live all over the US. I am now retired, missing her terribly, but thankful for all the years we had together and all her cooking lessons.
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