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Eggless jam thumbprint cookies with raspberry jam centres on parchment on a wooden board
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Jam Thumbprint Cookies

Recipe at a glance

Prep time
20 mins
Cook time
13 mins
Total time
45 mins
Servings
About 20 cookies

The classic bake for a reason. Soft vanilla cookies with a little well pressed in the middle and filled with your favourite jam. Kids adore making these — the thumbprint is the whole point.

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Ingredients

6 items

Step-by-step method

Family-friendly

Two lists so everyone knows their job — grown-ups handle heat and blades, little hands do the fun bits.

🧒 Little Baker Jobs

  • 🥣 Measure the flour and sugar.
  • 🟡 Roll the dough into little balls.
  • 👍 Press a thumbprint into each cookie.
  • 🍓 Spoon jam into every well.

👩 Grown-Up Jobs

  • 🔥 Preheat the oven to 170°C.
  • ♨️ Slide the tray in and out of the oven.
  • 🧁 Let them cool — the jam is very hot.
Full detailed method
  1. 1Cream butter, sugar and vanilla until pale.
  2. 2Stir in flour and salt to a soft dough. Roll into walnut-sized balls.
  3. 3Space on a lined tray and press a thumbprint into the centre of each.
  4. 4Spoon ¼ tsp of jam into every well.
  5. 5Bake at 170°C for 11–13 mins until the edges are lightly golden. Cool on the tray.

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