The Sunday Recipe: Cream Cheese Thumbprint Cookies – gluten free

September 12, 2021 at 6:00 am (Recipes, Uncategorized)
Tags: cookies, family favorite, gluten free

My grandmother’s original recipe used strawberry jam and was called a strawberry cream cookie. I wanted to make this gluten free and chose the nutty flours to complement a darker filling, like lekvar or mincemeat.

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3 ounces cream cheese
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup almond flour
• 1 cup coconut flour
• ½ cup tapioca flour
• Powdered sugar
• Jam of your choice

Directions

1. Cream butter, sugar, and cream cheese.
2. Add vanilla and egg yolk, blend.
3. Measure flours and combine before adding to mixer.
4. Mix until combined and chill dough for a couple hours.
5. Preheat oven to 350.
6. Shape into 1-inch balls.
7. Using something rounded on the end, like a measuring spoon, dip in powdered sugar and then press into dough to create a well.
8. Fill with jam.
9. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet 10 to 12 minutes.
10. This recipe yields about 5 dozen cookies.