3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Thumbprint Cookies

Really easy 3 ingredient peanut butter thumbprint cookies recipe. Easy thumbprint cookie recipe with jelly or a Hershey’s Kiss in the middle.

We have our favorite recipes that we make each year, but like to incorporate a new one each year. This thumbprint recipe is super simple and only requires a few ingredients.

3 Ingredient Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies

Next to my love of baking, involving my girls in the process and eating yummy desserts is fun. This is a must when making Christmas cookies in Dec. I am always looking for new quick and easy desserts. Once you have the dough ready you can mix and match the filling to make all sorts of treats with jam or chocolate.

3 Ingredient Thumbprint Cookies Ingredients

1. Peanut butter
2. Sugar
3. Egg

Homemade option

• Flour
• Almond extract
• Sugar
• Vanilla
• Butter
• Smuckers Fruit & Honey spread is what we used
• Creamy peanut butter

with Cake Mix

You could make the same type of thing with our cookies made with cake mix base. You always want to refrigerate the dough in this case to keep their shape so they don’t spread. In this case you can use any flavor you would like.

How do you make bagged peanut butter cookies better?

Use this idea!! You can make the dough as directed and form into balls. Set on the pan and use your thumb or the back of a spoon to press a divot into the center. Then you would just need jam of your choice to fill because the other flavor would be in the cookie itself. Do the same idea with our homemade peanut butter cookies chewy.

How to Make Thumbprint Cookies with 3 Ingredients

• Mix together your ingredients.
• You will want to refrigerate the dough covered in the fridge for half an hour – 60 min. at this time.
• Take a heaping tsp. full of dough, roll it in a ball and place on your un-greased cookie sheet.
• Go ahead and preheat your oven to 350 degrees now.
  • Here is where you can get your kids involved.
  • Of course they can roll the balls of dough, but the fun part is sticking their thumb in the middle to make room for the goodness.
• You’ll want to bake them at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes. You want them to be barely brown on the outer edges. Then take out to cool.

These are the ingredients you’re going to want to take out whether you fill with this duo or make lemon curd thumbprint cookies. Allow the butter to sit out and get soft but not melted for the right consistency.

Do you fill thumbprint cookies before or after baking?

You do want to wait until done before filling the cookies with jam, chocolate ganache, caramel, or any other desired filling. This step is done after baking to prevent the filling from melting or burning during the baking process.

How Long to Bake Thumbprint Cookies

Timing depends on the size but 10-12 minutes is best. They will harden more when they are taken out and are best a bit underdone so they stay moist and flaky. Allow them to cool on the baking sheet to firm up too, this is key. On the hot pan they will continue to bake so unless you want them crispy, no longer than 12 min.

Once you have the dough set just scoop about 1/3 tsp. of peanut butter in the thumbprint hole. Then add about 1/2 tsp of Smuckers spread. We did half and half. Some had peanut butter and some just had our Triple Berry fruit spread. Love this and want more? Try our peanut butter and jelly bars next!!