Rule of Thumb: Thumbprint Cookies Recipe from Cake Gumshoe Alana

Hi, my name is CakeSpy. And as a professional sleuth of sweetness, I just want to give you fair warning: if you give me a secret family recipe, I will share it.

Oh, just kidding. Clearly this recipe, from Cake Gumshoe (and buddy) Alana isn't a big secret, otherwise she wouldn't have given me a recipe card along with the tin of yum she delivered last week, brimming with soft molasses cookies and (my favorite!) jam-filled thumbprints.

And I'm totally passing on the recipe to you, sweet readers. 

Alana's No-Longer-Secret Family Recipe for Thumbprint Cookies

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs, yolks and whites separated
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cup finely chopped nuts
• 8 ounces raspberry jam

 Procedure

1. In a large bowl, mix butter, sugar, egg yolks, and vanilla until smooth. Sift together f lour and salt and then work into batter. Chill  dough for at least one hour.
2. Preheat oven to 375. Form dough in 3/4 inch balls.
3. Beat egg whites in a bowl with a fork til slightly bubbly.
4. Roll the balls in the egg whites, then in the chopped nuts.
5. Place 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
6. Bake at 375 for 5 minutes. Remove cookie sheet from oven and press the back end of a wooden spoon into the centers of the cookies to form a small indent.
7. Return cookies to the oven; bake for 8 more minutes, or until golden brown.
8. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and fill with a generous dab of jam. Let cool.

Comments

[Juli]

Wow! A recipe from my mother (Alana's Nana), immortalized on your blog. We are thrilled to share it with you. She would've been tickled pink to know about this. Blessings on your head....

[Kikib]

Cakespy, I'm a big fan n i live in jersey!!! Didnt you love the snow when it first started then look in your kitchen to see if there was enough? Lol....your picture of the cupcake in the snow looked delicious!! And jam thumbprints are a family tradition for me. I just found the original recipe this year!! But.....this recipe does look really good!!!! Happy Holidays & New Years!!