Part two of the carnival is here! I am starting to realize that I am not a huge jelly/jam person. I love it on toast or on a PB&J, but just a pile of jam on a cookie.... Eh... not for me. The cookie itself was incredible (you'd be hard pressed to offer me something made with almond paste that I didn't like!) and was good plain. But, I had a great solution for the not liking jam cookies dilemma...
Add melted bittersweet chocolate! DELICIOUS!
Raspberry Jam Thumbprints
Cooking Light
3/4 cup (3 ounces) grated almond paste
2/3 cup sugar
5 tablespoons butter, softened
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg white
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (about 5 1/2 ounces)
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons Raspberry Refrigerator Jam
Preparation
Preheat oven to 325°.
Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper; secure to baking sheet with masking tape.
Place first 3 ingredients in a bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed for 4 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and egg white; beat well.
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Add flour and salt to almond paste mixture; beat at low speed until well blended. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and shape dough into 36 (1-inch) balls. Place balls 1 inch apart on prepared baking sheets, and press thumb into center of each cookie, leaving an indentation. Bake at 325° for 10 minutes or until golden.
Remove cookies from pans; cool on wire racks. Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon Raspberry Refrigerator Jam into center of each cookie.
Yum with the chocolate! I thought for sure you were going to say nutella!! Just b/c we're not in Germany you ARE still aloud to use nutella you know!! HEE HEE!! Look good once again!
ReplyDeleteYum! You could fill it with nutella also....ummm. I need some cookie comfort. lol
ReplyDeleteLOL, silly me, I should have read Monica's comment first! ;-p
ReplyDeleteI guess if you're a chocolate lover it makes everything better. :)
ReplyDelete~ingrid
These look awesome with chocolate :)
ReplyDeleteI am not a cookie with jam person I either. I like your solution. So much more yummy!
ReplyDeleteYou know, I don't think I've ever had a thumbprint cookie. I know I've never made them, but that's mostly because I too am not really a mouthful of jam person. The chocolate on there would definitely do it for me though. Heh.
ReplyDeleteI made the S'more bars, but not these...After seeing your picture with the chocolate in the center I think I'm sad! ;)
ReplyDeleteChocolate and almond do sound like a pretty good pair :-) Glad you could adapt the cookies. They look great! I didn't make these because I had trouble finding the almond paste.
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