Chocolate Thumbprint Cookie Recipe
Your entire family will be delighted with this unique delicious Chocolate Thumbprint Cookie recipe. A chewy, decadent cookie rolled in nuts.
Servings 26
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Ingredients
Cookie Dough Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened, salted or unsalted
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 1 egg - separated
- 2 tbsp cream - milk and half and half also work
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup cocoa
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1¼ cup chopped walnuts
Filling Ingredients
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp butter softened
- 2 tbsp cream - milk and half and half also work
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 26 dark chocolate kisses - unwrapped (can also use milk chocolate kisses)
Instructions
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar, egg yolk, cream, and vanilla together until light and fluffy, approximately 3 minutes.
- In a separate bowl sift the flour, salt, and cocoa together.
- With the mixer on low, spoon the flour mixture in with the butter mixture until combined. The batter will be thick. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F and grease baking sheets or line them with parchment paper.
- Whip the egg white with a whisk or fork until frothy.
- Using a 1-tablespoon-sized scoop, scoop dough and roll it into balls. Roll each ball in the egg white and then roll it in the chopped nuts. Place the cookie ball on a baking sheet and press an indentation with your thumb or the end of a round utensil into the center of the cookie. Repeat until you have 12 cookies on a baking sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until the center is set.
- While the cookies are baking, whisk the 1st 4 ingredients under "Filling" together.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and if necessary, re-indent the cookie with the back of a round utensil such as a measuring spoon or wooden spoon. Be careful not to go through the cookie.
- Add 1/4 teaspoon of the filling into the indentation of each cookie and carefully top it with a candy kiss. Remove the cookies to a cooling rack and cool completely.
Nutrition
Calories: 125kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 61mg | Potassium: 33mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 166IU | Vitamin C: 0.03mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 0.5mg
This recipe was calculated using the exact brands and measurements I used to make this recipe. If you are following a strict diet please note changing anything will cause the nutritional info to change. My calculations are intended as a guide only.
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