Cherry Almond Thumbprint Cookies

Cherry Almond Thumbprint Cookies

Cherry Almond Thumbprint Cookies are buttery rich and the perfect cookie all year long. These will pair nicely with your July 4th festivities!

Cherry Almond Thumbprint Cookies are one of our favorite cookies. They are so versatile and always a go to cookie for us. We just change the color and we have a brand new cookie!

You can also leave these plain of course and use just the cherry on top or a chocolate kiss if you like. You don’t have to separate the dough and add coloring but if you want to make a pretty colorful cookie it’s a great option. 

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We have a deep fondness for thumbprint cookies and these just happen to be one of our favorites. Adding the blue to half the dough made them perfect for July 4th! Add some orange and a candy corn, chocolate kiss or candy pumpkin on top green to the dough and you have Christmas cookies. You get the idea.

The cookies themselves have a super yummy flavor anyway you make them. We love almond flavor and the cookies are a super simple cookie to make. 

Your going to roll the cookies and then make an indent with your finger then just add a maraschino cherry in each cookie. 

I’m pretty sure these cookies will be on your must make list all year long!

OTHER COOKIE RECIPES YOU MIGHT LIKE: 

Rainbow Sprinkle Cookies

Lemon Macarons

Carrot Cake Cookies

Almond Thumbprint Cookies

Strawberry Sugar Cookies

Cherry Almond Thumbprint Cookies

Cherry Almond Thumbprint Cookies are buttery rich and the perfect cookie all year long. These will pair nicely with your July 4th festivities!

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Servings: 24 cookies

Author: Rob

Ingredients

• 2 cups unbleached white flour, plus extra for hands
  
  
• ¾ cups white sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 2 sticks butter, softened
• 1 tsp almond extract
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 24 maraschino cherries
• blue gel food coloring
• parchment paper

Instructions

• 1. Preheat oven to 350

  2. Drain cherries well and dry on a paper towel, patting the top to dry as much as possible.

  2. Using a stand mixer with a whisk attachment (or a hand mixer), beat butter and sugar on medium speed for about 2 minutes. Add egg, almond and vanilla extracts, flour, baking powder and salt.

  3. Mix about 30 seconds, or until combined.

  4. Separate mixture in half into two bowls. Add blue food coloring to one half. Place both bowls of dough into refrigerator for 5 minutes.

  5. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Take dough out of refrigerator and sprinkle flour onto table and hands. Take about 1 tsp of each color, press together, and gently roll into a ball, taking care to keep colors separate.

  6. Place on cookie sheet and gently press the center of each cookie ball with your thumb.

  7. Add a cherry to each thumbprint.

  8. Bake for 9-12 minutes, until edges are golden brown.Cool on cookie sheet.
  Makes about 24 cookies.
  
  

Disclaimer

Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.