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Stack of Easy Classic Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies on Brown Paper.
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Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

These quick and easy chocolate thumbprint cookies with ganache are made from scratch. They are crispy on the outside but soft and chewy on the inside.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Cookies, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 40 Cookies
Calories: 199kcal
Author: Abeer Rizvi

Ingredients

Chocolate thumbprint cookie dough

Ganache filling

  • 1 cup Dark chocolate melted
  • 1 cup Heavy cream
  • ½ cup Chocolate (roughly chopped) for decoration

Instructions

  • In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until mixture is light and fluffy.
  • Add eggs and vanilla extract and mix again.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda.
  • Dump the dry ingredient mixture into the wet mixture and mix everything until just combined.
  • Scoop out small portions of the dough and make little balls roll them in a bowl of granulated sugar.
  • Place cookies on a cookie tray lined with parchment paper and press your thumb in the center to make indentations.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for about 12-15 minutes.
  • Note: When you remove the cookies from the oven, you will notice the indentations are not that deep anymore. Just press the back of a wooden spoon or the round bottom of a measuring spoon into the center again. You must do this quickly before the cookies have a chance to cool down.
  • While the cookies are cooling, prepare chocolate ganache by heating heavy cream and dark chocolate in a saucepan over medium heat. When the mixture is smooth and glossy, let it cool down a bit.
  • Then fill each thumbprint cookie with ganache and decorate with small chocolate pieces.

Notes

To make Peppermint chocolate thumbprint cookies, melt Hershey's peppermint kisses and and fill them in the center of each cookie and top it off with peppermint bits.

Nutrition

Calories: 199kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 52mg | Potassium: 95mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 245IU | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1.4mg