Make Peanut Butter And Jelly Thumbprint Cookies For Santa

Super rich and DELICIOUS peanut butter and jelly thumbprint cookies are a must make for the holidays.

Leave them out for Santa, with a tall glass of milk, and your house will be his favorite stop.

The real truth is, that once you make a batch of these amazing cookies, you’ll be making them all throughout the year.

What Are Peanut Butter And Jelly Thumbprint Cookies

Peanut butter and jelly thumbprint cookies are a twist on the more commonly known classic thumbprint cookie.

The classic thumbprint cookie is a buttery cookie with a jam filled indent on the top. They are pretty great.

But making this same cookie with a peanut butter based batter puts them over the top. After all, peanut butter and jelly belong together right?!?!

And that’s what a peanut butter and jelly thumbprint cookie is … it’s a classic thumbprint cookie amped up. It’s made with a peanut butter based cookie batter and topped with your favorite jelly.

Sooooooo good! So very, very good!

Ingredients Needed For This Recipe

You will need quite a few ingredients to make peanut butter and jelly thumbprint cookies.

But, if you’re a peanut butter and jelly fan, you likely have all of them on hand.

Here’s a list of ingredients for you to use to make sure you have what you need to make this recipe …

• PEANUT BUTTER – The ingredients in the peanut butter should be simply peanuts and salt. Nothing more than that.
• BUTTER – I use salted butter for my cookies.
• SUGAR – Plain white sugar is used in this recipe.
• BROWN SUGAR – Light brown sugar is used in this recipe.
• VANILLA EXTRACT – 100% natural vanilla extract is preferred.
• EGG – Farm fresh eggs are preferred, organic if possible.
• FLOUR – All-purpose white flour is used for these cookies.
• BAKING SODA – Fresh baking soda is used to make this recipe.
• SALT – A good quality salt is preferred. I use real salt.
• JELLY – Strawberry jelly was used to make the cookies for this post. You can use any flavor you like. I like to use pure fruit spread as a rule.

How To Make Peanut Butter And Jelly Thumbprint Cookies

It’s very easy to make peanut butter and jelly thumbprint cookies. Simply place the peanut butter and softened butter in a large mixing bowl and blend well with a hand mixer.

Then add the sugar and the brown sugar and blend again until creamy.

Add the vanilla extract and the egg and blend again. Set the bowl aside.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.

Fold the flour mixture into the peanut butter mixture by hand and in increments. Do not overmix.

Scoop the mixture with a cookie scoop and roll it into balls. Place the balls on a parchment lined baking sheet.

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 15 minutes.

Remove from the oven and use the backside of a measuring spoon to make an indent in the top of the cookies.

Lightly heat some jelly, and use it to fill the indents. Bake for an additional 5 minutes.

Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the sheet pan for 5 minutes. Then transfer the cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Lightly heat some peanut butter and use it to top the cookies before you serve them.

Variations For This Recipe

I really only know one way to make variations of this peanut butter and jelly thumbprint cookies recipe.

And that is to swap out the filling on the top. Any flavor jelly can be used to do this. Or you can use a chocolate or marshmallow filling, if you prefer.

You can even skip making the indent in the cookie and push a chocolate kiss, mini peanut butter cup, or rolo into the top instead.

How To Serve Peanut Butter And Jelly Thumbprint Cookies

These cookies can be served just as they are, no bells and whistles needed.

However, as a heads up for you, these cookies are super rich. So, they are best served with a tall glass of milk.

If milk isn’t your thing, you can try some coffee or tea. Really any beverage of your choice will work. But, if you don’t mind, I’m going to stick to milk over here.

In my opinion, it’s the very best way to go!

How To Store These Cookies

Peanut butter and jelly thumbprint cookies can be stored nicely in an airtight container.

They will last for about 2 weeks this way. Just note that they don’t stack well.

The jelly and the peanut butter drizzle will stick to the bottom of the cookies layered on top of them. Leaving the bottom layer of cookies without their toppings. Not good.

They really need to be stored in a single layer. It’s inconvenient, that’s true. But they’re not going to be around very long anyway. Promise.

Recommended For You

Pin This Post For Later

If you try this recipe and love it, please give it 5 stars! It supports my work more than you may realize, and I appreciate that a great deal!

You can also show your support by tagging me on Facebook @sustainableslowliving and/or Instagram @slowlivingbydianegail when you post a pic of your finished dish.