These peanut butter and jelly thumbprint cookies are easy to make, you only need six ingredients and a little bit of baking time.
ingredient
- 1 cup peanut butter, creamy, or peanut butter spread
- ½ cup granulated sugar, plus more for rolling
- ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 large egg
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup seedless strawberry jam
Directions
- In a bowl, whisk all ingredients together to combine, except jam. Press dough together into a ball, wrap tightly, and chill in fridge 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350°F, with rack set in the center. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Shape dough into small 1-inch balls. Roll each ball in granulated sugar to coat. Place on a parchment-lined cookie sheet.
- Lightly press the center of each dough ball with your thumb to create a well.
- Stir jam so that it's easy to pour into each cookie.
- Add ¼ teaspoon of jam in the center of each cookie.
- Bake 7 to 9 minutes, until just set on the outside but still very soft. Do not over bake.
- Cool for 5 minutes on cookie sheet, and then transfer to wire rack to finish cooling.
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