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Strawberry Citrus Thumbprint Cookies Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Krumkake / All my dishes 5 months, 3 weeks ago I’ve never been much of a “fruity” kind of cookie fan – I always went for the chocolate and caramel and gooey stuff. Then a friend asked me to make her some thumbprint cookies for their wedding, so I was challenged to find a recipe. I went ... More Prep:30m Cook:16m Servings:48	Krumkake
	sweet citrusy thumbprint cookies

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Ingredients

Jam filling:

½ cup seedless strawberry jam

1 tablespoon Limoncello liqueur

Cookies:

2¼ cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

1 cup butter, room temperature

⅔ cup white sugar

2 large egg yolks (yolks only!)

1 tablespoon finely grated lemon zest

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

½ teaspoon lemon extract

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts, optional

powdered sugar, for dusting the tops of the cookies after baking

Directions

Mix together the jam filling and set aside.

In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and salt to blend; set aside.

In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy (the original recipe calls for doing this with an electric mixer, but I just used a wooden spoon – that worked fine).

Beat in the yolks, lemon zest, lemon juice, and both extracts.

Add the flour mixture, and beat just until ingredients are well moistened.

Gather the dough into a ball and begin pinching off and rolling into 1” balls (I used a ½ tablespoon to measure the dough out and get uniform sizes – it worked great).

If desired, roll ball in finely chopped nuts.

Place rolled balls on lightly greased cookie sheet, keeping them 1” apart.

With your floured fingertip (I used the back side of a teaspoon measuring spoon), indent each ball in the center; fill indentation with the jam filling.

Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 16 to 20 minutes (I found 16 minutes to be plenty for my oven – you don’t want to over-bake them).

Transfer cookies to waxed paper and sprinkle the tops with some powdered sugar sifted through a fine mesh strainer or sifter.

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Comments

valinkenmore 5 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Thanks for the great post. This is my favorite cookie except I use raspberry jam. Thanks for the post and high 5!

m11andrade 5 months, 3 weeks ago said:
These sound delicious. I love the strawberry instead of raspberry. These look great, too!

jett2whit 5 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Mmmmm good! I like the idea of the lemon/strawberry mixture. Great picture too!

midgelet 5 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Lovely in every way!!!!!

juels 5 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Another great looking cookie! Wish I was at that reception! LOL. Love the liqueur in the filling!

annieamie 5 months, 3 weeks ago said:
And just when I was getting over my cookie-crazed baking mentality..aaaaack, you are just evil! In a good way, of course. Ok, so add "strawberry jelly" to my grocery list. And I think that the dough of this cookie would make for some lovely shortbread! These sound so good, Krum, you little evil cigar smoking wild woman, you!

michellem 5 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Wow three cookie recipes and some yummy brownie bites. It's so nice to see you back posting recipes again.Im hoping to do the same soon. I will gone next week on a little trip so I may be around but Im not sure!Any who nice looking cookies here. I have to try them..I love thumbprint cookies!

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