Apple Thumb-Prints

Text and styling by Esther Ottensoser
Photography by Devorah Applegrad

These apple thumbprint cookies are not only adorable but delicious too! You can experiment with different color jellies or even try this idea with a honey cookie dough.

Thank you to Rebekah Lowin for graciously sharing this inspiration with us!

You will need:

• cookie dough recipe (see below)
• Baker’s Choice oven-proof jelly of your choice (I used raspberry)
• Fiber One cereal
• green fondant for leaf (you can also use a piece of green taffy or a green sour belt)

Cookie Dough

Recipe adapted from Sugarspunrun.com

• 1 cup unsalted margarine, softened to room temperature
• ⅓ cup sugar
• ⅓ cup light brown sugar, tightly packed
• 1 large egg yolk
• ¾ tsp vanilla extract
• 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp cornstarch
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ cup sugar, for rolling (optional)

Place margarine in the bowl of your mixer and beat until creamy.