Thumbprint Cookies with Icing
Save the jam for PB&J sandwiches and fill your next batch of Thumbprint Cookies with icing. This buttery sugar cookie recipe makes soft, sweet treats perfect for cookie trays and coffee breaks.
Ingredients
Thumbprint Cookies
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 1 large egg yolk room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract pure
- 2 cups all-purpose flour unbleached
- 1/4 tsp sea salt fine
Icing
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsp whole milk
- 3 drops pink gel food coloring
- pink sprinkles optional
Instructions
Thumbprint Cookies
- Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy -- approximately 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add egg, beating until combined.
- Add egg yolk and vanilla then beat until combined. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour and salt.
- Add flour mixture to wet ingredients then beat on low speed until just incorporated. Avoid overmixing.
- Using a 1 Tablespoon-sized cookie scoop, form dough into evenly-sized balls.
- Place cookie balls 1.5 inches apart on the parchment-lined baking sheets. Dip the bottom of a drinking glass into granulated sugar then flatten a cookie ball to 1/4 inch thickness. Continue dipping the glass bottom into sugar and repeat the flattening process for the remaining cookie balls.
- Using the backside of a 1/4 teaspoon measuring spoon, make an indent in the top of each cookie.
- Place cookie sheets in the refrigerator and chill dough for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees then bake cookies for 12 - 14 minutes or until bottoms are golden and edges are set.
- Remove baking sheet from the oven then deepen the thumbprint indents with the backside of the 1/4 teaspoon.
- Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes then transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely before adding icing.
Icing
- Add powdered sugar and milk to a small mixing bowl then stir until smooth and lump free.
- Add a few drops of pink food coloring then stir until color is evenly distributed.
- Spoon icing into the thumbprint indents on the cookies.
- Top with sprinkles then allow icing to set before enjoying.
Storing
- Place cookies in an airtight container and store at room temperature up to 1 week.