My mother has been making thumbprint cookies for years now…I remember eating them when I was a child! Now that I have kids of my own, I love to make those little memories in the kitchen with THEM making cookies. I HAVE to share this recipe with you guys because of three reasons:
- they take 4-5 ingredients, boo-yah!!
- they are easy enough to make with the littles
- they don’t take a ton of time and they are easy!!
When we don’t use homemade (out of season, etc.), our only choice has always been Welch’s. And I’m not just saying that because I am sharing this post with you. Seriously. 🙂
Easy Peasy Thumbprint Jam Cookies
1 c. butter (soft)
1/2 c sugar
1/2 tsp almond extract (OPTIONAL)
2 c. flour
jar of your favorite welch’s jam
YIELDS 2 dozen cookies
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. While the oven is preheating, mix the butter, sugar and almond extract together until creamy in a mixing bowl.
Add the flour and mix with the cream mixture. The dough will no longer be creamy but more of a crumble.
You can get more particular, but I grab a large tablespoon and load it about 3/4 of the way with dough. From there we shape them in to balls and put the balls on a Silpat, on our cookies sheet (or regular cookie sheet, not greased too). Once you have the cookies on the cookie sheet, put a thumbprint in the middle of the dough balls and then fill them with your jam.
Bake for 15 minutes. Let them cool….and ENJOY!!
Welch’s, for our family, is a non negotiable. We have been using this spread for-evah. I remember using it when I was a child and now still use it now that I have children of my own. Here is some information about Welch’s Jelly ::
- Welch’s Strawberry Spreads are made with sweet, vine ripened strawberries
- Welch’s Concord Grape Jelly and Natural Grape Spread are made with Welch’s very own Concord grapes grown in the US and Canada
- Welch’s Natural Spreads contain no high fructose corn syrup, no artificial flavors or colors, and no preservatives
Outside of the fun cookies posted above, I have many, MANY more uses for jelly!!
- put jelly in with meatballs in a crockpot
- use it as a glaze for turkey, chicken and beef in a crock pot or in a baking pan
- make homemade fruit roll ups by using a dehydrator
- make homemade pop tarts
- make cream cheese and jelly sandwich (sounds disgusting but don’t judge until you try it LOL!)
- add it to ice cream.
- use it as a spread on pancakes or waffles
- put it on bagels, toast and english muffins.
- and the obvious….peanut butter and jelly sandwich. we spice it up and make our sandwiches in to shapes 🙂
Last thing I have to share. Did you know that April 2nd is National PB&J Day? How about a contest!!
“PB&J Your Way” Facebook Contest!
Welch’s is running a Facebook contest “PB&J Your Way” – tell them your creative spin on the classic sandwich for a chance to win $500 and a one year supply of Grape Jelly, plus 50 people will win a sandwich keeper.
The contest is taking place on Facebook. The winner will be randomly selected, so it’s not a popularity contest. Go enter today!
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