Thumbprint Cookies with step by step pictures. Eggless jam cookies which is made using butter, sugar, flour and has a small indent on it which is filled with jam and baked.,

Thumbprint Cookies

Christmas is in a couple of weeks and i am getting lots and lots of mails from viewers to post a different fruit cake recipe and different cakes and cookies recipes. Due to my busy schedule, looking after my 4 month old lil one maha. I am finding it difficult to bake, but i will surely post them, if i find some time. So please bare with me. But i have quite a few cookie recipes and few cake recipes sitting in my draft folder, i will share them with you all in the mean time.

My Microwave chocolate cake recipe was a huge success which gave me confident to try more microwave recipe. And i made a microwave fruit cake recipe and it was a huge success. I can't wait to share that with you all. I think i will post them next week. Mean time you can check out my Ultimate Plum cake recipe.

Shortbread cookies is delicious buttery and simple cookies which you can make for your little ones. It is very versatile and can be customized to your preference. What i did is i made a double batch of this dough and made a variety of cookies just to show you the different versions.

How to Make Jam Thumbprint Cookies

Preheat oven to 180 degree C / 350 degree F.
Take butter, sugar in a bowl and cream till fluffy.
Add in vanilla, salt and mix well.
Add in wheat flour and mix well to form a dough.
Take small portion of dough and roll it into a smooth ball. Arrange it in a parchment lined baking pan. Use your thumb to mark indent and fill it with any jam as you prefer.
Bake for 12 to 15 mins.
Now remove from oven and let it cool for 10 mins.
Arrange it in a cooling rack and cool completely. Store in an air tight jar.

Other Shortbread Cookies,
Stained Glass Cookies
Nutty Shortbread
Basic Shortbread Cookies
Pecan Shortbread Squares

Table of Contents

Whole Wheat Thumbprint Cookies Recipe

take soft butter in a bowl

add powdered sugar

cream this really well

add salt

vanilla

mix till creamy

add wheat flour

mix well to form a soft dough

take small portion from this and roll it into ball

arrange it on a parchment lined baking pan

make a indent in the center

spoon some jam in

bake till light golden

Enjoy

Eggless Thumbprint Cookies Recipe (Method 2)

This has become my new favorite cookies of all time. It was soft, chewy and sweet. So yummy. I totally loved the look of it and there is no doubt that your kid will go crazy about this jam cookies. Please make sure you check out my notes section before you bake this.

Nuts Cookies
Custard Powder Cookies
Ghee Cookies
Butter Cookies
Oats Cookies
Honey Walnut Cookies
Snowball Cookies
M&Ms Chocolate Chips Cookies
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients

Add sugar to butter

Add a dash of vanilla

Mix them together

Add curd

Mix them up

Add a pinch of salt

And flour

Knead to form a dough

Put in fridge for a hour

Now roll them into balls

Take a ball

Roll in granulated sugar

when it is rolled

Arrange them in a baking tray

How cute they are

Now use a spoon like this

Press over the dough ball

All done

Spoon some jam

Bake them

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Pro Tips

I used ghee as the fat, but the original recipe calls for butter. You could use any of the both.
Putting the dough in the fridge is important. I baked the first batch of cookies without putting them in fridge, while baking they spread out so much, still tasted great. You can see the first two pictures.
I baked the second batch by putting them in fridge, They came out round and perfect. you can refer the third picture. So it is upto you, i strongly suggest you to put the dough in fridge.
Rolling the dough in sugar is optional, but it gives you a wow effect.
You can use any of your favorite jam. I used mixed fruit jam and homemade apple jam(recipe soon)
The cookies will stay soft when you take out of oven, they will harden as they cools. Each oven varies, so keep an eye on the cookies.

If you have any questions not covered in this post and if you need help, leave me a comment or mail me @[email protected] and I’ll help as soon as I can.

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Chandrani Banerjee

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So soft and delicious cookies.

Hamaree Rasoi

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Cookies look so healthy and mouthwatering. Excellent preparation.
Deepa

Maanit Gupta

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Granulates sugar ... Is it the same sugar that goes in teaor coffee....

Aarthi

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@Maanit Guptayes same sugar

Maanit Gupta

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I made a disaster by adding granulated sugar in thedough:(

Maanit Gupta

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Mine didnt turn crispy... What could have gone wrong

Aarthi

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@Maanit GuptaAdding powdered sugar is must, or else the cookies will stay chewy

Maanit Gupta

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Thanks for prompt response !! Tc

Madhu

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Drooling cookies.. Aarthi, Do u have any cookies made using eggs?

aarthi dhanraj

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Ponga aarthi..my mobile is full of bookmarks...al frm ur site..also i devloped such a lazy habit to scrool down n see for pics in ither food sites n get irritated n say ti me "i cant understand a single word without photos" n quitting that page...now u made me addicted to ur page..u shd onky cook n put al recioes her after <3 <3 <3

Regi

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If I bake this in cooking range then I have to keep the tray in centre ?? And shall I light the flame on top and bottom also when baking ??

Aarthi

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@RegiYes u can have to keep it in center rack and both the heating element should be on

Jamila Inayat

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Hii u havnt mentioned in ur recipe hw much curd to add

Aarthi

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@Jamila Inayati have mentioned, it is given as buttermilk, now changed

Regi

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Can u tell me butter and sugar in cup measurement ??

Aarthi

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@Regi it is around 1/2 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup butter

appu

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hii aarthi, can it be done in convection oven...pl guide.. n what kind of baking tray shud be used in convection...

appu

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hii aarthi...I am new entry to ur blog...ur recipe s r awesome...I tried few muffins, they came out sooooper... I hv Samsung convection oven, with microwave n grill options. they provided with grill double stand n one tray...pl guide me how to bake this cookies in my oven....thanks in advance

Aarthi

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@appuset oven to convection mode and bake it in them

Aarthi

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@appuu can use aluminum , nonstick in them

Anonymous

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can i use baking powder.?if yes pls mention quantity

Anonymous

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I used same measurements but my dough became sticky..plss help

Aarthi

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@Anonymousadd little more flour

Aarthi

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@Anonymousbaking powder is not needed

vyshu

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Baking time and temparature

Unknown

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your recipes are awsome!!! i want to know can we add salted butter instead unsalted?

Anonymous

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I'd loved all your recipes. they are so easy.thanks Aarthi. I'm a big fan of yours

christy joseph

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Hi Arthi. I tried the cookies yesterday. Taste was really yummy. But it was not hard and crispy it was like a Bengali sweet. 😔 I baked it for about 13-15 mins. Even then. The cookies were very soft. What had went wrong.

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