12/05/2011

Rosemary Thumbprint Cookies filled with Blood Orange Jam

Based cookie on sugar cookie in Ruhlman's Ratio -- swapping almond extract for vanilla and adding some fresh rosemary.

Here's how it went:
A.    Dry Ingredients
    2       cups    All-purpose Flour    (12 oz)
    1       tsp      Baking Powder
    1/2    tsp      Salt

B.    Wet Ingredients
    2      sticks   Unsalted Butter     (8 oz)
    1      cup      Sugar                     (8 oz)
    1                  Egg

C.    Other Additions
   1/2    tsp       Almond Extract
     1     tsp       Fresh Rosemary (finely chopped)

D.    Fillings
   1/2    cup     Blood Orange Jam


NOTE: I weighed out the flour & sugar per Ruhlman

1. Combine items in section (B) and items from section (C) in mixer
   a. Whip butter in electric mixer (I used the KitchenAid with the paddle attachment)
   b. Cream in sugar
   c. Add egg along with the almond extract & rosemary

2. Mix items in section (A) in a separate bowl.  Use listed weight of items.

3. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients until uniformly mixed

4. Wrap dough in (plastic wrap / waxed paper / parchment paper) as a long tube and refrigerate for 30-60 minutes

5. Preheat oven to 350 F

6. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper

7. Assemble thumbprint cookies
   a. Scoop tablespoons of dough
   b. Roll into thick 1-inch cylinder, flatten top & bottom, place on tray
   c. Poke center of the cookie ball with end of wooden spoon -- funnel opening so it looks like a volcano
   d. place 1/2 tsp of jam in the center of each dough ball.



8. Bake for 17 minutes. Edges should be lightly browned.
9. Take cookie sheet out of oven but let cookies rest on sheet for 1 minute

10. Remove cookies from sheet and onto racks to cool



The end result was a chewy savory cookie and I got to take advantage of my homemade Blood Orange Jam!

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