Set out a plate of these holiday-flavored thumbprints and watch them disappear. We’ve filled our vanilla sugar cookie thumbprints with melt-in-your-mouth peppermint cream for a festive twist on the classic cookie.
20m
PREP TIME
12m
COOK TIME
175
CALORIES
12
INGREDIENTS
Servings: 27 (2-cookie)
Ingredients
- Vanilla Thumbprint Cookies
- 3 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® All Natural Pure Vanilla Extract
- Peppermint Cream Filling
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1/4 teaspoons McCormick® Pure Peppermint Extract
INSTRUCTIONS
- 1 For the Vanilla Thumbprint Cookies, mix flour, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Set aside. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg, cream and vanilla; mix well. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until well mixed. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or until firm.
- 2 Preheat oven to 350°F. Shape dough into 3/4-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Refrigerate cookie sheets 30 minutes before baking. (Refrigerate remaining dough while baking each batch of cookies.).
- 3 Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. Remove from oven. Immediately make an indentation in center of each cookie by gently pressing with back of small spoon. Cool on baking sheets 1 minute. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.
- 4 Meanwhile, for the Peppermint Cream Filling, beat butter in medium bowl until softened. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until fluffy. Beat in milk and extract until smooth. Fill indentations with Peppermint Cream (about 1 teaspoon each). Store cookies in airtight container up to 5 days.
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