Cherry Thumbprint Cookies. In large bowl, crumble cookie dough; stir or knead in cocoa and cream cheese until well mixed. Lightly grease cookie sheets; set aside. This Cherry Thumbprint Cookie Recipe is a favorite any time of the year. They look amazing, smell scrumptious and taste delicious. They look amazing, smell scrumptious and taste delicious.

Everything about these cherry almond cookies makes you want just one more. Cherry Jam Thumbprint Cookies - very popular shortbread cookies - holiday style! I apologize for the cookie overload lately, but these Cherry Jam Thumbprint Cookies are so worth making! You can have Cherry Thumbprint Cookies using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Cherry Thumbprint Cookies

Prepare of SHORTBREAD THUMBPRINT COOKI.
You need 1 cup of unsalted butter, at room temperature.
It's 2/3 cup of granulated sugar.
You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
You need 1/4 tsp of almond extract.
You need 2 cup of plus 2 tablespoons all purpose flour.
Prepare 1/4 tsp of salt.
You need 1/2 cup of cherry preserves or jam.
It's of WHITE CHOCOLATE GLAZE.
It's 4 of white chocolate, not chips chopped.
You need of DARK CHOCOLATE GLAZE.
It's 4 of semi sweet chocolate, chopped or chips can be used.

I'm not sure if these Cherry Jam Thumbprint Cookies can be called holiday cookies, but they definitely are my favorite cookies. For the cookies, whisk together flour and salt. Add egg yolk, vanilla, and almond extract and beat on low speed until blended. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture; beat on low speed until combined.

Cherry Thumbprint Cookies instructions

Preheat oven to 350. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
Combine flour and salt in a bowl, set aside.
In another bowl beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add vanilla and almond extract and beat in.
Add flour and salt mixture and stir until b L emded.
Cover and refigerate until dough is firm, at least 2 hours. Then roll into 1 inch balls, place on prepared pans.
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.
Bake for 13 to 15 minutes until slightly golden. Cool in pans 5 minutes then transfer to racks to cool completely before glazing.
GLAZE COOKIES.
Melt semisweet chocolate, just until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cookies.
Melt white chocolate just until smooth, . Drizzle over cookies. Let cookies sit about 30 minutes to set choclate up..

Thumbprint cookies are one of the tastiest cookies in my opinion. Hard to go wrong with a sweet chewy cookie with a delicious gooey jam filling… This recipe combines the nuttiness of almonds with the lovely deep flavor (and pretty color!) of cherries for a super quick and extra delicious little cookie treat. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour and cocoa; gradually beat into creamed mixture.