Figgy Thumbprint Cookies

The first of SEVEN new cookie recipes that I will be dropping for my 2020 Cookie Week to kick off the Christmas baking season.

These Figgy Thumbprints are my favorite of the cookies that I’ll be sharing this week. The cookie itself crumbles in your mouth and the inside is a sweet, gooey fig preserve.

I was inspired by the lyrics in the Christmas classic, We Wish You A Merry Christmas when figgy pudding is mentioned.

“Now bring us some figgy pudding

Now bring us some figgy pudding

Now bring us some figgy pudding

Now bring some out here”

And to be completely honest, out of all the preserves and jams at the grocery store, fig was the most Christmassy flavor.

We had plans to make cookie plates for our neighbors with all of these cookies from cookie week and while that is still the plan, Jared and I got greedy with these Figgy Thumbprints and decided to keep those ones for ourselves. THEY ARE THAT GOOD!

The cookie recipe itself if very simple, and the end product looks so elegant. Thumbprints just give off a holiday vibe every time I see them. This recipe can also be easily doubled as it only yields about 15 cookies and they seem to disappear fairly quick.

We hope you love them as much as we do!

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Figgy Thumbprint Cookies

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 18 minutes

Total Time: 28 minutes

Ingredients

• ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• ¼ cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg yolk (no egg whites)
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1/3 cup fig preserves

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper, then set aside.
2. In a stand mixer or mixing bowl with hand mixer, cream together butter and sugar. Then add egg yolk (yolk only, no whites) and vanilla until well combined.
3. In a separate mixing bowl whisk together flour and salt. Slowly add flour mixture into wet mixture until well combined.
4. Roll doll into 1 inch balls with hands, then place on baking sheet 2 inches apart.
5. Bake for 5 minutes then remove from oven. Using the back of a teaspoon or your thumb, make a circular indention in the center of the cookie. Add ½ teaspoon fig jam in each indention.
6. Bake for an additional 13-14 minutes. Allow to cool for 5 minutes.
7. Serve & enjoy!

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