Jam Thumbprint Cookies (grain-free)

I hope you all had a lovely holiday break! And if you’re lucky enough to be off till after New Years…well I’d advise you to take the time to bake lots more cookies for your friends and neighbors. Frankly, I gifted all of mine away and now my house is cookie-free. So its time to restock! 

You’ll love these simple Jam Thumbprint Cookies. They’re adorable, covered in beautiful crystalized sugar, and vibrantly colored. 

I’m pretty picky about my Thumbprint Cookies. There are SO many versions out there! I like mine to be tender, slightly sweet, and I really want to taste the fruit jam. I love them best when the jam is baked into the cookie, not added after they’re baked. They’re less messy that way and the jam thickens and creates a stained-glass look in the cookie. Love that! 

I found this recipe to be so easy and really delicious! My whole family loved them (I included them in their Christmas cookie gifts). They’re totally grain-free, due to using a mix of coconut flour, almond flour, and cashew flour. And really, the only sugar is the coarse Demerara sugar I rolled them in, because I used Stevia in the dough instead of sugar and used all-fruit preserves! I found the almond and cashew flours at Trader Joe’s (you can use all of just one if you can’t find both) and you can use any granulated sweetener you prefer (sugar, Stevia, whatever).