The day after Christmas can turn into chaos for me; especially when I realize how much cleaning I half to do after everyone has left. This year I thought it was going to be just the two of us. It would have been the first year we spent the holidays together but of course I was wrong.
My sister came to visit us for a few days; I am so happy and grateful she came to see me. We did a lot of baking and she took almost all my cranberry jam thumbprints with her.
I normally don’t put jam in thumbprint cookies (I like to fill them with caramel). These little cookies were tasty and made a great gift.
Cranberry Jam Thumbprint Recipe:
1 ¾ cups flour
¾ cup butter (soften)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 egg
½ cup sugar
½ cup cranberry jam
¼ tsp. salt (optional)
Recipe Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Cream butter, sugar, vanilla extract and egg in a large bowl. Add flour and salt to the bowl and mix until the mixture forms a soft dough. Form dough into 1 inch balls, place dough balls on baking sheet. Press thumb into middle of cookie and make a well, add 1 tsp of cranberry jam to each cookie. Place cookies in oven and bake for 8-10 minutes. Let cool and serve with warm milk.
So lovely you got to bake with your sister! Great looking thumbprints!
Thanks Sarah they were so yummy and easy to make.
These are so cute and Christmassy! What a nice idea 🙂
Thank you Lillian 🙂
These look so cute!! Talk about a pretty dessert! Yummy and beautiful! Thanks for sharing! I hope that you have a very happy New Year!!
I love these cranberry jam thumbprints, they sound perfect for Christmas and so festive! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas with Josh and your sister and enjoy the rest of the holidays and new year Shundara 🙂
Thanks Kelly… Happy New Year to you to.. 🙂
Beautiful cookies, thumbprints are a favorite!
They are very addictive 🙂