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Easter Thumbprint Cookies

March 1, 2021 by Stephanie Brubaker 6 Comments

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These Easter Thumbprint Cookies are pillowy soft, perfect sugar cookies, with pretty pastel white chocolate filling. An easy dessert for Easter or parties!

Easter Thumbprint Cookies Stacked on a plate

 

If you are looking for a fun, easy dessert for Easter, a birthday party, or just because it’s the weekend – this easy recipe for thumbprint cookies is your answer!

These sweet little cookies are sure to put a smile on your face!

Colorful Easter Thumbprint Cookies lined up on a tray

It has become the norm around here for my kids to run through the door after school and excitedly ask “What did you make today??” as they race to the kitchen.

The day I made these, their eyes got wide and their smiles got so big. I’m telling you, these colorful thumbprint cookies just make people happy!!

Colorful Easter Thumbprint Cookies piled high on a cake stand

 

 

Sping is coming and that makes me want to bake fun colorful treats for friends and family. These Funfetti Candy Cookies are so much fun to make, and everyone’s eyes light up when they see them! If quick and easy bar desserts are more your speed, these Funfetti White Chocolate Brownies are amazing!

This recipe makes about 7 dozen mini cookies – I know what you’re thinking.

That’s a lot of cookies!

It may seem like a lot, but these thumbprint cookies are tiny. Everyone who tries them will want at least 4 or 5…or more! The amount of actual cookie dough is no more than a standard batch.

Easter Thumbprint Cookies in rows of different colors

A FEW QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THUMBPRINT COOKIES:

  • Do I need to chill the dough? Nope! This dough is ready to go right after mixing. No chilling required!
  • What can I use to make the well in the cookie besides my thumb? My go-to is the end of a wooden spoon!
  • I don’t like white chocolate, what else can I fill these with? You can use milk chocolate, dark chocolate, jam, caramel, candy…the options are endless.
  • Can these be frozen? Yes, these freeze very well!

Pastel colored Easter Thumbprint Cookies arranged on a cake plate

 

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Easter Thumbprint Cookies arranged on a cake plate

Easter Thumbprint Cookies

Stephanie Brubaker
These Easter Thumbprint Cookies are pillowy soft, perfect sugar cookies, with pretty pastel white chocolate filling. An easy dessert for Easter or parties!
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Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 6 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 84 cookies

Ingredients
  

Cookies

  • 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

Filling

  • 8 oz white chocolate melted
  • gel food coloring

Instructions
 

Cookies

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugars until very light and fluffy.
  • Add salt, vanilla, coconut extract, and egg. Mix until well combined.
  • Add baking soda and flour, mixing until incorporated.
  • 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

  • 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.
Keyword Easter cookies, Easter dessert, spring cookies, thumbprint cookies

 

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Previously published on Apr 12, 2019

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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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