Blackberry Thumbprints
Blackberry Thumbprints is a vegetarian recipe with 24 servings. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This dessert has 158 calories, 2g of protein, and 9g of fat per serving. If you have powdered sugar, ground cloves, blackberry preserves, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. 1 person found this recipe to be delicious and satisfying. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 5 minutes.
Instructions
Bake almonds in a single layer in a shallow pan 6 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through. Cool completely (about 20 minutes). Reduce oven temperature to 32
Process almonds in a food processor 30 seconds or until finely ground.
Beat butter at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy. Gradually add 1 cup powdered sugar, beating well.
Combine flour, next 3 ingredients, and almonds; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until blended.
Shape dough into 3/4-inch balls, and place 2 inches apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Press thumb into each ball, forming an indentation.
Bake at 325 for 12 to 15 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets 2 minutes.
Transfer to wire racks, and cool 30 minutes.
Place preserves in a zip-top plastic freezer bag; snip 1 corner of bag to make a small hole. Pipe preserves into indentations.
Almond Snowballs: Omit cloves, cinnamon, and preserves. Increase flour to 2 1/2 cups. Prepare recipe as directed through Step 4, beating in 1 tsp. vanilla extract with butter and sugar. (Dough will be crumbly.) Shape and bake dough as directed, without making indentations. Cool on baking sheets 2 minutes.
Transfer to wire racks, and cool 10 minutes.
Roll cookies in 1/2 cup powdered sugar. Makes: about 5 dozen. Hands-on Time: 25 min.; Total Time: 1 hr., 37 min.