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Easter Thumbprint Cookies

April 12, 2019 by Stephanie Brubaker 6 Comments

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Easter Thumbprint Cookies

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Serves 84
Prep time 20 minutes
Cook time 6 minutes
Total time 26 minutes
Meal type Dessert, Snack
Misc Child Friendly, Freezable, Gourmet, Pre-preparable
Occasion Birthday Party, Easter
These Easter Thumbprint Cookies are pillowy soft, perfect sugar cookies, with pretty pastel white chocolate filling. An easy dessert for Easter or parties!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter (softened)
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2/3 cups granulated sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract (optional)
  • 1 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 8oz white chocolate (melted)
  • gel food coloring

Directions

Cookies
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugars until very light and fluffy.
Step 2
Add salt, vanilla, coconut extract, and egg. Mix until well combined.
Step 3
Add baking soda and flour, mixing until incorporated.
Step 4
Roll dough into 1" balls and place them on a silicone or parchment paper lined cookie sheet 2" apart. Bake 6 minutes. Cookies will stay light in color but will start to get lightly golden around the very edges. Do not over bake!
Using the end of a wooden spoon, press carefully into the center of each cookie, to make a well for the filling (be careful to not make a hole in the bottom).
Cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Filling
Step 5
Divide melted white chocolate and add food coloring as desired.
Place each color of chocolate into a small plastic bag with the corner cut off, and pipe into the well of each cookie.
Allow chocolate to set up before storing cookies in an airtight container.

 

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Filed Under: Holiday, Recipes Tagged With: best soft sugar cookies, easter cookies, easy easter dessert, perfect thumbprint cookies, thumbprint sugar cookies

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Comments

  1. Jayne says

    April 16, 2020 at 10:00 am

    Delicious and easy! I used royal icing instead of chocolate, liquid food color, and they were great. Very pretty on my Easter table!

    Reply
  2. Tina says

    April 10, 2020 at 9:39 pm

    Super good cookie! I made them and used my Sugar cookie icing in the center instead of the chocolate and they were so good!

    Reply
  3. Gina says

    March 2, 2020 at 6:44 pm

    How do they turn out with regular food coloring instead of gel?

    Reply
  4. JULIE HART says

    April 15, 2019 at 2:56 am

    May I pretty please use your cookie picture????? Just temporarily until I make a batch and can take a picture!!

    Reply
    • Stephanie Brubaker says

      April 15, 2019 at 8:36 am

      Hi Julie! Where would you like to use my photo?

      Reply
  5. Kate Berkey says

    April 13, 2019 at 12:18 am

    I was looking for a cookie recipe for the whole family and I stumbled on this article. I read and followed the instructions carefully and I made it deliciously! Every member of my family is so happy! Thanks for this!

    Reply

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