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RASPBERRY THUMBPRINTS

Course Cookies, Desserts
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 1 minute
Total Time 26 minutes
Servings 38 cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 roll refrigerated sugar cookies like Pillsbury
  • 3 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp lemon zest
  • 1/3 cup raspberry jam seedless
  • 1 cup confectioners sugar
  • 4 to 5 tsp lemon juice

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 350°F. Let dough stand at room temperature 10 minutes to soften. Line large cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper
  • In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Add cream cheese, flour and lemon zest; stir with spoon or hands until well blended.
  • Shape dough into 38 (1 1/4-inch) balls. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Press thumb into center of each cookie to make indentation, but do not press all the way to the cookie sheet.
  • Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Immediately remake indentation in each cookie with end of wooden spoon. Spoon rounded 1/4 teaspoon jam into each indentation. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, in small bowl, stir powdered sugar and lemon juice, adding lemon juice until desired drizzle consistency. Drizzle over cooled cookies. Store in airtight container