Peanut Butter jelly Thumbprint Cookies

Peanut Butter jelly Thumbprint Cookies Recipe is one of our oldest recipes. We made pb&j cookies filled with strawberry jam for an all American treat.

Course Snack, snacks

Cuisine American

Keyword pb&j cookies, Peanut Butter jelly Thumbprint Cookies, Strawberry Jam Cookies

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 12

Total Time 22

Servings

Calories 299kcal

Author Evelyn

Equipment

Ingredients

1 ¾ cups all purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ cup butter
½ cup peanut butter
½ cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
1 egg
2 Tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
⅓ cup strawberry jam or the jam or jelly of your choice

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350° F. And line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt and soda and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl add the butter and peanut butter and gradually beat in the sugar and brown sugar until well combined.
Add the egg and vanilla and mix well. Slowly add the flour mixture and continue to beat until everything is combined.
Shape dough into 1 inch balls and place on the baking sheet. Using your finger or a spoon, press an indentation in the center of each cookie.
Place in preheated oven and bake for 8 minutes and remove from oven, spoon a dab of jelly into each depressed center, mounding it slightly.
Return cookies to oven and bake for 3-4 minutes until jelly is set. Remove from oven and allow to cool on baking sheet for 2-3 minutes and place each cookie on a cooling rack.

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