Easy Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies (Thumbprints)
Easy peanut butter and jelly cookies recipe, homemade with simple ingredients. These thumbprints are filled with strawberry jam and have the best sweet and salty flavor combination. They are crunchy on the outside yet soft and chewy on the inside.
Servings: 36 Cookies
Calories: 114kcal
Ingredients
- ¾ cup Peanut butter Creamy
- ½ cup Butter Unsalted, Room temperature
- ⅓ cup Brown sugar
- ⅓ cup Granulated sugar
- 1 Egg Large, Room temperature
- 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
- 1-¼ cups All-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon Baking powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking soda
- 2 cup Mixed nuts Roughly chopped, For rolling cookie dough balls, I used salted nuts but you can use unsalted ones too.
- 1 cup Strawberry jam Or your favorite jelly
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, cream together peanut butter, butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar.
- Add egg and vanilla extract and mix until batter is smooth.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and baking soda.
- Dump dry mixture into wet mixture and mix until just combined.
- Chill dough for 30 minutes.
- Scoop out small portions of the dough and make little balls. Roll them in a bowl of chopped nuts. Place them on a cookie tray, lined with parchment paper. Make an indentation on each cookie with your thumb or the back of round measuring spoon.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 8-10 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown along the edges.
- Re-make the indentations in the center of each cookies with the back of a round measuring spoon before the cookies have a chance to fully cool down.
- When the cookies cool down completely, heat jam in a saucepan and spoon it into each cookie. Enjoy!
Notes
- All ingredients must be at room temperature.
- Instead of rolling dough balls in chopped nuts, you can roll them in granulated sugar or sanding sugar.
- Get creative with fillings and try other flavors of jams and preserves.
- You must chill the dough to make it easier to handle.
- You can also use this recipe to make simple cookies. Just omit the nuts and jam and don't make any indentations.
- Read additional tips and variations above.
- Leftovers can be stored in a cookie jar at room temperature for up to 3 days or in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Nutrition
Calories: 114kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 70mg | Potassium: 58mg | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 85IU | Vitamin C: 0.8mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 0.4mg