Valentine’s Thumbprint Cookies
Valentine’s Thumbprint Cookies
Chances are your going to be making sweets for your Sweetie for Valentine’s Day. Put these Valentine’s Thumbprint Cookies on your list and your sure to score big points!
Valentine’s Thumbprint Cookies are dipped in white chocolate and sprinkles, then decorate with white chocolate pink hearts!
These cookies are a new twist on an old favorite. Thumbprint cookies have been around for years, but these Valentine cookies with red dough, dipped in white chocolate and sprinkles, with white chocolate pink hearts, are the best take on them I’ve ever eaten.
Not only are they pretty to look at, and will brighten up any table or buffet, they’re really delicious too! Talk about a great surprise for your special Valentine, this is sure to please. Put this recipe in your favorites, because you’ll want to make this one for all the Valentine days to come!
More than likely, you’ve had thumbprint cookies at some point in time in your life. But have you ever had them specifically for Valentine’s Day? If not, this year is the year for Valentine’s Thumbprint Cookies! They’re the perfect sweet to share with your loved one!
Do you know the super-secret ingredient that makes these cookies amazing? It’s not just one but the 3 sticks of butter that this delicious cookie recipe calls for! Not only does this make them taste amazing but it also makes them melt-in-your-mouth delicious. Head to the store and grab your butter now because you’re not going to want to pass up on this delicious and easy cookie recipe.
Are these cookies easy to make?
They sure are. They require just a few ingredients and are super easy to whip together! And they have the cutest with the super cute pink hearts and sprinkles.
Ingredients:
- Butter
- Sugar
- Flour
- Vanilla
- Salt
- Almond Bark
- Food coloring
- Sprinkles
How To Make These Thumbprint Cookies:
1.Start by mixing together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and blend.
2. In a separate bowl sift the flour and salt together, and add it to the mixing bowl with the butter mixture a little at a time until all the flour is added, and blended well.
3. Add the Red food coloring gel, starting with about 5 drops, and blend until the dough is all red.
4. If you want the dough a darker color, add another drop and blend, until the desired color is achieved.
5. Roll the dough into 1 1/2 inch balls, and place them on a Parchment lined cookie sheet about an inch apart.
6. Use your thumb to press a ‘thumbprint’ into the center of the cookies, making an indentation.
7.Bake the cookies at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the cookies start to turn golden brown. Place on a wire rack to cool completely.
8. When cookies are cool, melt 4 squares of the white chocolate almond bark,in the microwave on 15 second intervals, until it’s smooth and creamy, stirring between intervals.
9 Fill the centers of the cookies with the white chocolate.
10.Dip the bottoms of the cookies in the melted white chocolate, and then immediately in the sprinkles.
11. Melt the rest of the white chocolate in the microwave on 15 second intervals, and stir between intervals.
12. Remove it from the microwave, and add 1 – 2 drops of the Neon pink gel food coloring to the white chocolate, and stir well.
13. Place the pink chocolate in a squeeze bottle with a tip, and squeeze heart shapes out on parchment paper to decorate the cookies.
14. Drizzle the remaining pink chocolate over the cookies as shown.
15. Let the cookies set for at least one hour before moving them or serving them, to allow the chocolate to set.
Making The Chocolate Hearts:
These pink white chocolate hearts are super cute! And they are so easy to make.Just put some of your melted chocolate in a squeeze bottle and draw the shape of a heart onto parchment paper. Let the chocolate dry completely and put your hearts on your cookies. Feel free to add a few more drizzles of chocolate if you want to decorate your cookies a bit more.
For thumbprint cookies, do I make the “thumbprint” before or after the cookies are baked?
For this recipe, you’re going to make the thumbprint before. This not only makes certain that the cookies won’t really shrink up much while baking but it also ensures that you’re not going to be sticking your thumb into a super hot cookie trying to make an indention when you pull it out of the oven.
Just make certain that when you’re making the indention, you don’t push it all the way through the back or bottom of the cookie. You want there to be a cookie barrier to hold the filling in place.
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What type of filling goes into thumbprint cookies?
This recipe calls for you white chocolate but you can also add in jams or things like that as well. Just know that jams and jellies will get a bit sticky so those additions are going to change the overall texture of the cookie as well. I would stick with the plan of using white chocolate for the thumbprint cookies!
While you might be tempted to whip these up for yourself, you can make these as a great Valentine’s Day gift to share with all your family and friends.
They always say that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach but we think that’s just about true with everyone no matter if they’re a male or a female!
OTHER COOKIES YOUR GOING TO LOVE:
Chocolate Orange Shortbread Cookies
Turtle Thumbprint Cookies
Chocolate Sprinkle Thumbprint Cookies
Almond Thumbprint Cookies
Valentine's Thumbprint Cookies
Ingredients
- 11/2 cups butter - softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3 ½ cups flour - sifted
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 1 pkg. White Chocolate Almond Bark
- 1 bottle red food coloring gel
- 1 tube of neon pink food coloring gel
- Assorted Valentines Sprinkles - we used red, pink and white
Instructions
- In the mixing bowl of an electric mixer, blend the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and blend.
- In a separate bowl sift the flour and salt together, and add it to the mixing bowl with the butter mixture a little at a time until all the flour is added, and blended well.
- Add the Red food coloring gel, starting with about 5 drops, and blend until the dough is all red. If you want the dough a darker color, add another drop and blend, until the desired color is achieved.
- Roll the dough into 1 1/2 inch balls, and place them on a Parchment lined cookie sheet about an inch apart. When the cookie sheet is full, use your thumb or knuckle, and press a 'thumbprint' into the center of the cookies, making an indentation.
- Bake the cookies at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the cookies start to turn golden brown. When the cookies are done, remove them to a wire rack to cook completely.
- When cookies are cool, melt 4 squares of the white chocolate almond bark,in the microwave on 15 second intervals, until it's smooth and creamy, stirring between intervals.
- Fill the centers of the cookies with the white chocolate.
- Dip the bottoms of the cookies in the melted white chocolate, and then immediately in the sprinkles.
- Melt the rest of the white chocolate in the microwave on 15 second intervals, and stir between intervals.
- When the chocolate is melted, remove it from the microwave, and add 1 - 2 drops of the Neon pink gel food coloring to the white chocolate, and stir well to combine the food coloring into the chocolate.
- Place the pink chocolate in a squeeze bottle with a tip, and squeeze heart shapes out on parchment paper to decorate the cookies. (you can make the hearts large or small, or some of both)
- Drizzle the remaining pink chocolate over the cookies as shown. Let the cookies set for at least one hour before moving them or serving them, to allow the chocolate to set. After the chocolate is set, serve, and Enjoy!
Notes
Disclaimer
Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.
