Thumbprint Cookies!

Its Holiday Season, and with Holiday season comes Holiday Parties! Tonight I went to a party with my volunteers in Belle Chasse and I decided to bring thumbprint cookies that were a take off of my regular Shortbread cookies!

I started by making my standby Shortbread Cookie Dough but instead of putting it in a cake pan I made little balls, about the size of a Golf Ball, used my thumb to make a little bowl and baked for about 15 minutes on a Cookie Sheet.

This was a bit of an experimental baking adventure.  I made two different variants, one with Almond icing and one with Raspberry Jam.  The more traditional thumbprints were filled with the Almond Icing that I made with Confectioners Sugar, 3 tablespoons of butter, a dash of almond extract, and then added a little milk until the icing was the right consistency.  I spooned the icing into the cookies thumbprints and then topped with a little dash of rock salt to give it a good sweet and salty taste! It did take longer than expected for the icing to harden (I was making these right before the party so I had to stick them in the refrigerator to speed up the process).  To make the Raspberry Cookies, before baking I just added Raspberry Jam to the thumbprint and then drizzled with a little almond icing.  They were so good and so easy I think these are going to be my new go to!