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Posted: 10/17/2022

Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies

Name: Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1/3 cup brown sugar; 1/3 cup granulated sugar; 1 egg; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3/4 cup peanut butter; 1/2 cup jam or jelly

Total Time: 45 minutes ★★★★★ 1 Reviews Jump to Recipe

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Nothing goes better together than peanut butter and jelly, especially in cookie form! These Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies take this classic flavor combination and turn them into a cookie that disappears quickly from the cookie plate because they are so loved!

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Peanut butter and jelly is a classic combination! For more recipes with this delicious combo, check out this Peanut Butter and Jelly Dip or this Peanut Butter and Jelly Banana Bread.

Peanut butter cookies topped with jelly and baked.

I love peanut butter cookies, and turning them into these Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies was a no-brainer. What goes better with peanut butter than jelly?

This cookie recipe is one of our favorite cookies. It’s perfect for kids and adults – no one can resist them. In fact, I can never even get a batch to last more than one day!

Ingredients

Flour: You’ll need all-purpose flour.
Baking Soda: The baking soda will give the cookies a little bit of lift.
Salt: The salt will balance the flavors.
Butter: Use room temperature butter. I like to use unsalted butter.
Brown Sugar & Granulated Sugar: The combination of sugars not only makes these delicious, but gives them the best texture.
Egg: For best results, make sure your egg is at room temperature.
Vanilla: Use real vanilla extract for the best cookies.
Peanut Butter: I like to use a processed peanut butter for this recipe, not an all natural peanut butter. The all natural tends to give you a drier cookie.
Jelly: You can use jelly or jam – it’s whatever you prefer the most. I like jam more than jelly, but either will work.

Making dough for Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies

How to Make Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies

1: Cream the butter and sugars. You want this mixture light and fluffy, so I like to let it go for a few minutes. You can also do this with a hand mixer.

2: Add the egg and vanilla. The mixture might look a little curdled at this point, but it will all come together.

3: Add the peanut butter: Then mix again, until the peanut butter is fully incorporated.

4: Mix in the dry ingredients.

Shaping dough for Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies.

5: Stir with a spatula. Once the dough is mixed, I like to run a spatula through it to make sure everything is incorporated from the bottom of the bowl.

6: Roll the cookies. Roll the cookies into balls, (or use a cookie scoop!) and place them on a parchment covered baking sheet. Take a fork and make those signature criss cross lines on the cookies.

7: Make the thumbprint. Use your thumb or a knuckle to make an indentation on each cookie. You can also use the end of a wooden spoon.

8: Fill the indentation. Each cookie should take about a teaspoon of jam. Then bake the cookies until the edges are turning golden brown.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies on a piece of brown parchment paper.

Tips and Tricks

I used raspberry jam, but any flavor that you like will work!

The dough can be made ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator. I don’t like to fill with the jam until just before baking because I find that if the jam is refrigerated on the cookies, it will bleed a little bit. They are still delicious, but just not as pretty.

You don’t have to make the criss cross lines with the forks. Feel free to just do the thumbprint. That will make your cookies a little thicker, as well.

Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week. If they last that long! (I really have never been able to get a batch to last over 24 hours!)

Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies on parchment paper with a bite taken from one cookie.

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