Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies Recipe
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What is it about Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies that just makes the day better? It could be the music.
Let me explain.
Whenever Little Buddy and I are busy cooking together in the kitchen we’re usually talking about the latest airsoft equipment he’d like or something funny somebody said at Scouts or what he thinks about this or that as we work together.
And since I normally have music playing in the house throughout the day, when we cook together, I also let him pick the music.
It used to be that my phone stayed in a speaker dock thing that I was given for my birthday. Little Buddy would make it a priority to find his favorite playlist on my phone and we’d start singing along, talking, and generally dancing around like a bunch of dorks as we cooked.
Then, a while back, I dropped my iPhone and have since had to keep the back cover on my phone at all times to hold the packing tape in place which is keeping the shattered pieces of my phone together.
But hey, it works.
Except my phone no longer fits into my speaker dock thingy.
So, I started using Pandora on my laptop which, brings me to this. On the day we made these Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies, we accidentally clicked on the Christmas station on Pandora.
In October.
And it was awesome!
I think I’ll break my own rule about saving Christmas music until after Thanksgiving more often.
Here’s the recipe for my Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies. Be sure to listen to some great music when you bake them.
Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
Thumbprint Cookies:
- 1 cup (226 g) butter
- 1 1/2 cups (297 g) sugar
- 1 teaspoon (5 g) vanilla extract
- 2 (100 g) eggs
- 3 1/2 cups (420 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons (6 g) baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon (0.65 g) kosher salt
Chocolate Ganache
- 1/2 cup (114 g) heavy cream
- 3 1/2 ounces (98 g) chocolate
- 1 tablespoon (14 g) butter
Instructions
- Thumbprint Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine butter and sugar until creamy. Add in vanilla and egg until well-incorporated and then slowly add flour, baking powder, and salt. Shape dough into a ball. Cut into fourths and wrap each section tightly with plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator.
- Scoop 1 teaspoon of dough and then roll in between the palms of your hands until a ball, about the size of a walnut, has formed. Drop onto a cookie sheet. Press your thumb into the center of the dough ball to form a slight well. Repeat until all dough has been used.
- Place sheet pans in the freezer for about 12 minutes to firm to prevent spreading during baking.
- Bake for about 12-15 minutes until brown. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slighty.
- Scoop 1/2 teaspoon of your favorite jam, preserves, or fruit curd to fill the center of the cookie.
- Store in an airtight container.
- Chocolate Ganache
- Pour heavy cream into a heavy bottomed sauce pan and bring to a low simmer over medium heat.
- Break chocolate into pieces into a medium glass bowl. Pour cream over chocolate. Add butter and whisk until smooth.
- Chill ganache for about 15-20 minutes to firm.
- For easily adding the ganache to the cooled thumbprint cookie, pour ganache into a ziptop bag and snip the corner for easy dispensing. Alternately, you can use a pastry bag or a pastry bottle to dispense.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Oh yeah, and dance around a little bit, too.
Happy Monday!
Robyn
Funny accident. I’ll admit to occasionally singing a Christmas song well before the acceptable date. Your kitchen moments sound like ours. Oh and maybe you should put in a request with Santa for a new phone 😉
That phone is on the top of my list. I’m thinking about also including it on my son’s, husband’s, and even the dog’s. Need it! 😉
Your thumbprint cookies look beautiful. I like small sweets like this one 🙂
These thumbprint cookies look lovely! What a great idea to use the squeeze bottle, too!
These cookies look so good! I just love them!
Love your take on these classic cookies, Robyn! They look perfect for holiday gift giving… and yummy enough just to keep to yourself!
These look perfect, Robyn. And the squeeze bottle is genius! Love these!
Oh no!! I hate that phones are not shatter proof! Love that you ended up on a Christmas station though. I bet your house felt so festive!
These cookies look so good…especially the chocolate. Pinned and on my to make list! In later years the dorkie memories are the BEST…trust me!!!!!! Thanks for sharing this recipe and your dorkiness!!!!!
Oh how fun!! Nothing better than baking with your little one and listening to Christmas music…especially before Christmas!!
Love that chocolate filling in the middle of the cookies…looks great!!
I love thumbprint cookies. That chocolate is making my mouth water!