Jam Thumbprints

Name: Jam Thumbprints
Ingredients: 1-1/4 cup Margarine/butter; 2 whole Eggs; 1/2 teaspoons Vanilla; 3-1/4 cups Flour; 1 cup Sugar; 1/4 teaspoons Baking Powder; 1/2 teaspoons Salt; 1 jar Jam/Jelly, 18 Ounce Jar, You Won't Use It All; Roughly 1 Teaspoon Per Cookie; Confectioners' Sugar, For Sprinkling On Top

9 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

1-1/4 cup Margarine/butter
2 whole Eggs
1/2 teaspoons Vanilla
3-1/4 cups Flour
1 cup Sugar
1/4 teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoons Salt
1 jar Jam/Jelly, 18 Ounce Jar, You Won't Use It All; Roughly 1 Teaspoon Per Cookie
Confectioners' Sugar, For Sprinkling On Top

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350 F.
2

Put butter into a large microwave safe bowl and melt it in the microwave. This should take about 60 seconds but if not, heat for additional 30 second increments until melted. Let it cool a little bit, then mix in the other wet ingredients (eggs and vanilla). Set aside.
3

Mix dry ingredients in separate bowl and then stir into the wet mixture.
4

Using a cookie scoop or a tablespoon, spoon the dough onto greased cookie sheets, spaced a couple inches apart (they don't spread very much), and then press your thumb into the center to create a spot for the jam.
5

Spoon the jam flavor of your choice into the cavity. Bake at 350 F for 10 minutes. The cookies will still be very pale, but should look and feel dry, not doughy.
6

Once the cookies have baked, remove them from the tray to cool. After a few minutes (while still warm, but not piping hot) sprinkle confectioners' sugar over the cookies.
7

Enjoy!