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Cranberry Rosemary Thumbprint Cookies
By June Xie
Approved by the Delish Test Kitchen
Approved by the Delish Test Kitchen
Yields:
30
Prep Time:
15 mins
Total Time:
55 mins
When it comes to Thanksgiving, cranberry is one of my favorite ingredients. It's super tart on its own, but sweeten it just right and you've got a winner on your hands. Instead of using store-bought cranberry jelly, which can come packed with lots of high fructose corn syrup, we make our own reduced-sugar version with Truvia Sweet Complete Granulated All-Purpose sweetener for a proper pucker. To add even more festivity to this thumbprint cookie, we speckle the dough with finely chopped rosemary—and it tastes just as good as it looks.
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Ingredients
For The Cranberry Jam
- 4 oz.
fresh or frozen cranberries (about 3/4 c.)
- 1/4 cup
- 1/3 cup
water
Pinch kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp.
orange zest
For The Cookie Dough
- 3/4 cup
(1 1/2 sticks) butter, melted
- 1 Tbsp.
chopped fresh rosemary
- 1/2 cup
- 1
large egg
- 1 tsp.
pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp.
kosher salt
- 1 3/4 cups
all-purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp.
baking powder
Directions
- Step 1Make cranberry jam: In a small pot over medium heat, combine cranberries, sweetener, water, salt, and orange zest. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until berries have burst and sauce is shiny and thickened, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and use a wooden spoon to stir and crush cranberries until mixture is mostly smooth. Let cool.
- Step 2Preheat oven to 350º and line two baking sheets with parchment.
- Step 3Make cookie dough: In a large bowl, whisk together melted butter, rosemary, and sweetener until smooth. Add egg, vanilla, and salt and stir to combine. Add flour and baking powder and fold until evenly combined.
- Step 4Using a small cookie scoop, scoop 1” balls onto prepared baking sheets spaced 2” apart. Press a thumbprint into the center of each ball, 1/2” deep. Fill with a scant teaspoon of jam.
- Step 5Bake until bottoms of cookies are golden, 13 to 14 minutes.
- Step 6Cool on baking sheets before serving.
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