Thumbprint Jam Cookies

Total Time: 45 minutes
Skill Set: Easy
Makes 3 dozen

Ingredients:

• 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg plus 1 egg yolk, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup walnuts, very finely chopped
• 1/3 cup of one of Stonewall Kitchen’s Specialty Jams, Marmalades or Fruit Butters

Directions:

1. Cream butter using a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium speed. Add sugar and beat until smooth. Add the egg and egg yolk one at a time. Add vanilla and mix until incorporated.
2. Combine flour, salt and ground walnuts in a separate bowl and whisk until uniform. Slowly add flour mixture to the butter. Mix until dough pulls away from the side of the bowl. Knead a few times and chill dough 1 hour.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, and lightly grease a cookie sheet or line with parchment paper.
4. Roll dough into 1-inch balls. Place on prepared cookie sheet 2-inches apart.
5. Make an indentation in the center of each ball with your thumb or the handle of a wooden spoon. Fill each cookie with a generous 1/4 teaspoon of jam.
6. Bake until edges are golden brown, about 14-15 minutes. Remove from oven and allow cookies to rest for a minute before transferring to a rack to cool. Top with additional jam if desired.