There’s a family cookie exchange on Saturday, so I’m doing some testing. I have made thumbprint cookies almost every year since 2003. That’s 2 years before my motherhood. I’ve always been more of a baker than a cook. If I could provide cupcakes for breakfast and cookies for dinner, I would.
I also made some with raspberry jam, per my mother’s request.
Anyway, this year, I wanted something a little different. I decided to try my hand at ganache. Delicous, velvety, ganache heaven. I went with a bittersweet chocolate, so the flavor is very dark. I think it complements the cookie very well! I’ve always loved the flavor of dark chocolate, however, I am wondering if I could make the ganache with white chocolate, so that I could tint it red and make these more festive. Any thoughts on that?
Yum.
Are you baking any cookies for the holidays? I would love to browse recipes and/or baking blog posts!
I LOVE ganache on thumbprint cookies. So decadent.
I keep meaning to take pictures and blog about the mountain of cookies I’m making at the moment, but something always gets in the way. Low battery, terrible light, 100 other people in the kitchen. It just never seems to happen.
Those look yummy! My daughter informed me that I was supposed to take a batch of cookies to the Christmas program tonite at school, a little short notice there sweetie! LOL! I am sure that there was a few mother’s that were a little more prepared than I was…hopefully anyway!
xoxo~Meg
Omg, they look delicious!
I hear ya on the more of a baker thing. I’m the same way.
I’m still gonna make you sour cream cookies..when I have the money to ship them. ha!
I heart baking! The idea you had about tinting the white chocolate red? You could put a little peppermint oil too, to make them like a candy cane cookie. I love thumbprint cookies. I try a different jam every year and this year, I bought some jam from a local farmers’ market to try in my thumbprints! (I’m sorry I use so many exclamation points, I guess I’m just excited)
I’ll take a jar of these right now, please!
Ahhh… These kind of cookies are called “Engelsaugen” (Angel eyes) in Germany. But they are filled with jelly.
I´ll substitute ganache for the jelly. *slobber*
Might be tasty, too, if you add a whiff of cinnamon to the dark chocolate? Maybe vanilla oder truffle oil to the white?
Have a nice day!