Jam Thumbprints

Name: Jam Thumbprints
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 32
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 32 servings Raspberry and/or apricot jam; 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash; 828 milliliters flour; 0 teaspoons kosher salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 198 grams sweetened flaked coconut; 340 grams (3 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Jam Thumbprints a try. This recipe makes 32 servings with 229 calories, 2g of protein, and 11g of fat each. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have raspberry and/or apricot jam, kosher salt, coconut, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar until just combined, and then add the vanilla. Separately, sift together the flour and salt. With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture to the creamed butter and sugar.

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Vanilla

Butter

Cream

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Blender

Mix until the dough starts to come together. Dump on a floured board and roll together into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.

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Dough

Roll

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Roll the dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. (If you have a scale, they should each weigh 1-ounce.) Dip each ball into the egg wash and then roll it in coconut.

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Coconut

Dough

Roll

Dip

Egg

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Kitchen Scale

Place the balls on an ungreased cookie sheet and press a light indentation into the top of each with your finger. Drop 1/4 teaspoon of jam into each indentation.

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