Jam Goodness
This is the first of two holiday sugar cookie experiments to be conducted this week:
Step #1: Raspberry Thumbprints Source recipe from (Real Simple)
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt.
In an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar. Add the egg and beat until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the vanilla.
With the mixer on low, gradually add the flour mixture, mixing until just incorporated.
Preheat oven to 350º
Roll sugar cookie dough into Tbsp. sized balls on a parchment lined baking sheet, and make a well in each. (After the first batch, I ended up making Tsp., not Tbsp. sized balls, and used a 1/4 Tsp to make the well in each. Reduce baking time by a couple minutes for smaller cookies.) Fill with favorite jam – I’m partial to raspberry.
These were great – definitely preferable in the smaller size; the butter can be pretty overwhelming in the larger cookies, and I like a more equal jam/cookie ratio.
Christmas is ten days away!! Are you ready??
The pool this feeds into was actually frozen today!
xoxo
Momo