Our latest and greatest holiday cookie hack? Amping up our sugar cookie dough with cream cheese. It’s unbelievably tasty in this easy raspberry thumbprint.
More About This Recipe
- We know them as raspberry thumbprint cookies, but in their native Sweden they’re “hallongrotta,” which translates to “raspberry cave.” And we’re big fans of this particular version, which starts by mixing our legendary sugar cookie dough with cream cheese, flour and lemon zest. This makes for a subtly lemon-flavored cookie that’s exceptionally rich and moist, and the perfect vehicle for a sweet-tart “raspberry cave” in the middle. So even if you’re an expert when it comes to how to make cookies, we bet you’ve never had thumbprints quite like this.
Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 1 hr 30 min
- Ingredients 7
- Servings 38
Ingredients
- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough
- 3 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- 1/3 cup seedless raspberry jam
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 4 to 5 teaspoons lemon juice
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Line large cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper.
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Step2In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Add cream cheese, flour and lemon zest; stir with spoon or hands until well blended.(DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER COMBINING WITH FLOUR.)
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Step3Shape dough into 38 (1 1/4-inch) balls. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Press thumb into center of each cookie to make indentation, but do not press all the way to the cookie sheet.
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Step4Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Immediately remake indentation in each cookie with end of wooden spoon. Spoon rounded 1/4 teaspoon jam into each indentation. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
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Step5Meanwhile, in small bowl, stir powdered sugar and lemon juice, adding lemon juice until desired drizzle consistency. Drizzle over cooled cookies. Store in airtight container.
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Nutrition
90
Calories
3g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
14g
Total Carbohydrate
9g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 90
- Calories from Fat
- 25
- Total Fat
- 3g
- 4%
- Saturated Fat
- 1 1/2g
- 6%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 50mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 10mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 14g
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 9g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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