Sugar Cookie Chocolate Thumbprints

By srumbel

Pillowy soft cookies rolled in colorful sugar with silky smooth chocolate truffle centers make these Sugar Cookie Chocolate Thumbprints one of the most delicious cookies I’ve ever made
from javacupcake.com

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• pink & blue sugar crystals
• 1 bag Hershey's Valentine's Kisses in Chocolate Truffle
• OXO Good Grips Medium Cookie Scoop

Details

Preparation time 720mins
Cooking time 727mins

Preparation

Step 1

In the bowl of your stand mixer, cream the butter and shortening together until smooth. Scrape the sides of the bowl.
Add the sugar and beat on high until incorporated.
One at a time, add the eggs and beat well after each addition. Mix on high for 1 minute until pale yellow and fluffy.
Mix in the vanilla.
In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.
Add this mixture to the butter and sugar and mix until just combined.
Cover with plastic and refrigerate 2 hours or over night.
When ready to bake, preheat oven to 400 F degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Using the OXO scoop, scoop out a level ball of dough. Form a ball in your hand then gently press it flat. This dough does not spread very much, so you want to create the size and shape of cookie you want with this process.
Roll the disc in pink or blue sugar crystals until covered then place it on the parchment lined baking sheet.
Bake for 7-8 minutes or until the bottom edges begin to brown. Do not overbake!
IMMEDIATELY press a chocolate truffle into the center of each kiss while they are still on the baking sheet and hot. You'll need the heat from the sheet and the pan to melt the truffle into a delicious pool of chocolate. Allow the cookies to cool for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Allow the chocolate to set completely before storing or stacking in an air tight bakery box for storage.

Serves: 2 dozen cookies