Thumbprint Cookies | Recipe from 1961

Описание: Thumbprint Cookies

I pulled this Thumbprint Cookie recipe from Lila Perl’s ‘What Cooks in Suburbia’ cookbook published in 1961*.

The result is a delicate shortbread filled with the sweet filling of your choice.

*Original recipe clipping at the end of the video.

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INGREDIENTS

Cookies:
¾ cup unsalted butter (170g)
¾ cup vegetable shortening (144g)
¾ cup caster sugar (150g)
3 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups sifted all-purpose flour (330g)
¼ teaspoon salt

Fillings:
Jam
Milk chocolate
Lemon curd
1 egg white
2 tablespoons sugar

Makes about 5 dozen.

Note: All ingredients should be at room temperature unless otherwise stated.

Method:
Preheat oven to 375°F/190°C
Line cookie sheets with parchment paper

Blend butter and shortening in a large mixing bowl.
Add sugar and cream well.
Mix in egg yolks and vanilla until fully blended.
Sift flour, then measure 3 cups, or weigh out 330g.
Combine sifted flour with salt, then sift into the creamed mixture and mix, forming a soft dough.
Roll into 14g (½ oz) dough balls (about 1-inch balls).
Place dough balls on cookie sheet 2 inches apart.
Flatten slightly and make an indent with your thumb or the rounded end of a teaspoon. (I used the back of a ½ tsp measuring spoon.)

Fill some cookies with jam, chocolate, lemon curd, etc.
For meringue filling, Beat 1 egg white with 2 tablespoons of sugar until stiff but not dry, then use to fill cookies.

Bake in a preheated oven at 375°F/190°C for 8-10 minutes or until light brown.

Cool in pans for 5 minutes, then fully cool on cooling racks.

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Contents of video:
0:00 - Intro & ingredients
0:26 - Making the batter
2:17 - Dough balls & thumbprints
2:50 - Filling & baking
4:19 - Original recipe clipping & tasting

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