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Strawberry Jam Cookies (Thumbprints)
These adorable Strawberry Jam Cookies, or thumbprint cookies, are perfect with tea or as an after-dinner dessert. A soft and chewy shortbread cookie with delicious strawberry jam on top, they’re both incredibly easy to make and fun to eat.

Ingredients
Instructions
- Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Step 2
Cream together butter, shortening, and sugar with an electric mixer.
- Step 3
Add in eggs, vanilla, and instant pudding mix. Continue mixing until thoroughly incorporated.
- Step 4
In a separate bowl stir together flour, baking powder and salt.
- Step 5
Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture a little at a time mixing between additions until all the flour is incorporated.
- Step 6
Scoop out dough by the tablespoonful and shape into balls. Place on the prepared baking sheet about 2 inches apart, using your finger or the handle of a wooden spoon press into the center of each ball to create an indentation. Spoon jam into the center of each cookie.
- Step 7
Bake for 12-15 minutes or until set and lightly golden brown around the edges.
- Step 8
Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack to cool completely.
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