Les Madeleines Thumbprint Cookies
"I thought I was in heaven when I bit into one of these melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookies. Thanks to Chef Romina Rasmussen of Les Madeleines Bakery in Salt Lake City for sharing the recipe."
photo by Debs Recipes
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
4 dozen
- Serves:
- 48
ingredients
- 1 cup finely chopped almonds
- 1 1⁄2 cups butter, softened
- 3⁄4 cup powdered sugar, plus
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1⁄8 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- jam or fruit preserves
directions
- Lightly toast then cool nuts; chop until very fine and set aside ~ If using a food processor for chopping, allow nuts to cool very thoroughly before chopping them in order to avoid turning them into a paste.
- Cream butter and sugar for 3-4 minutes in a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment until extra light-colored and fluffy; stir in vanilla.
- Whisk together dry ingredients; add gradually to butter mixture, stirring just until (do not overmix) dough comes together; stir in chopped nuts.
- Chill dough if it seems too soft.
- Form dough into 1 1/4" balls and place onto parchment-lined or ungreased baking sheets; indent the top of each ball of dough with your fingertip or with the dampened end of a wooden spoon.
- Bake at 325° for 10-12 minutes or just until the cookies start to turn light golden-brown at the edges; remove from oven and sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar; fill each indentation with a bit of jam or fruit preserves ~ I like to use red raspberry preserves.
- NOTES: Yield becomes 60 cookies when dough is formed into 1" dough balls. And any type of toasted and chopped nuts may be substituted for the almonds.
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Reviews
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These really do melt in your mouth. I halved the recipe with no problems. For something a little bit different, I used some homemade lime jelly. They turned out really well, thanks! -
I made these for christmas last year and my husband just requested them again. They are very good.
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Delicious! DH is a huge fan of shortbreads and these are deceivingly light despite the fat from the butter and the nuts. Mine didn't come out as beautiful as Deb's photo but I had just a little extra ground nuts and I went ahead and used them... the higher fat content from the nuts may be the reason why they spread out a little. We made a half-batch and that's plenty. This will be a fun recipe to play with different jams and nuts. Thanks for posting! -
You are my first review! I loved the way they melted in my mouth! I used pecans since i didn't have any almonds. I have never, ever seen a recipe with 1 cup of constarch so i was a little dubious, but they turned out great. I used black raspberry preserves. Definite keeper. Thanks for the great recipe! -
Oh my goodness!! These are so good!! They just melt in your mouth. Light and airy, not too sweet even with the powdered sugar on top and the red raspberry preserves! I followed the recipe exactly. I made small approx 1" balls and got about 40 cookies. My husband says these are the best cookies I've ever made. I will be taking them to my cookie exchange this year - I'm sure they will be a hit!! Thanks!!!
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Debs Recipes
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