Thimble Cookie with Blueberry Preserve. These thumbprints are rich, buttery shortbread filled with blueberry preserves. Blueberry Preserves, jam, jelly, fruit spread, so many different names for cooked fruit in a jar, LOL. Okay, there is probably a distinct difference but I have chosen to go with the standard Blueberry Preserves to keep things simple, at least for me. 😉.
It's fun to make these blueberry cookies at the height of the season when folks are looking for tasty ways to serve that juicy fruit. Combine oats, flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and baking powder; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. You can have Thimble Cookie with Blueberry Preserve using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Thimble Cookie with Blueberry Preserve
- You need 2 Stick of Butter.
- You need 1 Cup of Sugar.
- It's 2 of Egg Yolk.
- It's 2 Cup of Flour.
- Prepare 2 tsp of Vanilla.
- It's Pinch of Salt.
- You need 1/4 cup of homemade blueberry preserve / seedless jam.
These cookies freeze best unbaked and unfilled. Prepare the rounds of cookie dough and press with your thumb This recipe was the best for thimble cookies I have come across, and I'm so grateful. I also added some fine blueberry preserves in the middle, and the tartness really complemented the. Thumbprint cookies filled with blueberry jam is such an amazing treat!
Thimble Cookie with Blueberry Preserve step by step
- Beat room temperature butter and sugar, pinch of salt.
- Mix in yolk and vanilla.
- Mix in Flour.
- Make little ball, thumb a well, pipe in preserve/ jelly.
- Bake 350 for 10 to 11 min.
I made the jam myself, but in a very small amount, just enough for the cookies. If you're looking for a complete recipe for bluebery jam to preserve in jars, check out this Blueberry Jam Recipe with step by step pictures. This healthy thumbprint cookie recipe has all the flavors of a traditional gingerbread cookie: cinnamon, ginger, cloves and molasses. These soft and chewy gingerbread cookies are decorated with coconut and filled with blueberry jam, but we also like them filled with raspberry or apricot preserves. Soft Blueberry Cookies bursting with fresh blueberries and a bright lemon glaze.