German Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies - Husarenkrapfen
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: German
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Serves: 24
 
Soft yet crunchy, buttery and fruity - these Thumbprint Cookies made with raspberry jam are a classic German Christmas Cookie - also known as Husarenkrapfen!
Ingredients
  • 200 grams butter (7 ounces)
  • 4 egg yolks + 1 egg
  • 3 teaspoons milk
  • 125 grams sugar (4.4 ounces)
  • 375 grams flour (13.2 ounces)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup raspberry jam
  • ½ cup diced / chopped almonds
Instructions
  1. Combine the flour, sugar and butter in a large bowl or mixing surface until it just comes together. This works best if you chill the butter slightly and dice it with a knife into small pieces.
  2. Add the 3 egg yolks, one at a time and knead with your hands.
  3. Add the vanilla extract with the last egg yolk and knead through.
  4. Chill the dough in the fridge for 15 minutes while preheating the oven to 350 F.
  5. Prepare the egg wash by whisking the whole egg and milk together - place in a shallow dish.
  6. Cut off small pieces of dough and roll them into balls about the size of a walnut.
  7. Push your finger into each dough ball to form a crater (thumbprint!) that will later be filled with jam.
  8. Dip each cookie, crater-side down into the egg wash then into the almonds. The egg wash helps the almonds to adhere to the cookie.
  9. Once all the cookies have the almond coating and have been arranged onto a wax-paper lined baking sheet, fill the craters with a bit of jam.
  10. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until golden brown.
Recipe by Ahu Eats at https://www.ahueats.com/2015/12/german-raspberry-thumbprint-cookies-husarenkrapfen.html