Apricot Cream Cheese Thumbprint Cookies
These apricot cream cheese thumbprint cookies have a soft cream-cheese dough, lemon zest, almond extract, sliced almonds, apricot jam, and a dusting of confectioners sugar. I chill the dough well so the cookies hold their shape.
- Time: 60 min
- Servings: 40
Source: Recipe Tweets
Ingredients
- all-purpose flour
- teaspoon baking soda
- teaspoon salt
- ounces brick-style cream cheese, softened
- unsalted butter, softened
- granulated sugar
- large egg, at room temperature
- teaspoon lemon zest
- teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- teaspoon almond extract
- Tablespoons apricot jam or preserves
- sliced almonds
- Tablespoons confectioners sugar