on Nov 18, 2016, Updated Nov 27, 2020
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Cherry Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies are simple, yet decadent and even elegant holiday cookies that are so easy to put together that even a kid can make them. Or, in this case, even a Platter Talk Kid.
About these
I’ve been yearning to put together some new holiday cookie recipes for a few weeks now. Anyone who knows anything about our modern family knows that we love a couple of things above all others: Our boys and our food.
Whenever we get the chance, we love mixing the two together here on Platter Talk, in our kitchen, and once in a while at an eating establishment. There is perhaps no better time to bring kids (or other family/friends) into the kitchen, than over the holiday season.
Holidays = Food = Family = Love = Fun. Or something like that.
Ingredients
- Cocoa
- Cherry Pie Filling
- All-Purpose Flour
- Sugar
- Baking Powder, Baking Soda, and Salt
- Eggs
- Pure Vanilla Extract
- Chocolate Chips
- All the Love You Can Add
We live a busy life, in all likelihood just like you. If you’re really lucky, you have a hobby or pastime that you really enjoy. We are two working parents with half a baseball team worth of kids, For us, one of those “side pleasures” involves food. Preparing it, sharing it, and teaching our kids about it, perhaps it’s a family tradition.
This recipe for Cherry Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies comes from another part of our family, our foodie family. Over the past few years, we’ve joined kitchens with some other food bloggers and it has been a great experience on many levels. We have gotten to know many talented folks and like our family at home, they have a great passion for food. That’s where this recipe comes into play.
Every few months or so, a few of us “virtual foodie friends” get together and recreate a recipe from someone within our group. This month, we had the privilege of being paired with a couple of super-moms who also happen to run a stellar food website on the side. Their site is aptly named Who Needs a Cape? and clearly, they do very well without any such thing. Our task was to recreate a recipe from their site and with a little rearrangement of words, we chose their Chocolate Cherry Thumbprint Cookies.
It never ceases to amaze me how food brings people together and now thanks to the digital world in which we live, this phenomenon occurs, even virtually. These cookies that came from friends we have never even met are a perfect example of the point I’m trying to make.
If kitchen creations can have this effect on people who have never met in person, just imagine the experiences that can be created in your own kitchen with those you love. Try this wonderful treat this holiday season and find out exactly what we mean.
Other easy cookie recipes
Cherry Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened to room temperature
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 21 oz . can cherry pie filling
- 1 handful chocolate chips, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In large mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla.
- Add flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix thoroughly.
- Roll cookie dough into balls, 2 inches in diameter.
- Place on greased cookie sheet, lined with parchment paper and flatten slightly.
- Use thumb to create center well and place 2 or 3 cherries in thumbprint.
- Place in oven and bake for 15 minutes and then cool on wire wrack.
- Garnish with melted chocolate chips and then serve with cold milk.
Video
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
These cookies look so pretty! They will be perfect as gifts to my coworkers!
Love holiday baking and your thumbprint cookies look so delicious. I agree with you, spending time in the kitchen with your children makes for wonderful time together. Bonding and learning.
Family traditions and recipes are the best this time of year. Love these thumbprint cookies- thanks for sharing!
I love how you got the kids involved!
Thanks, Derek, we love having our kids in the kitchen, most of the time!
They came out beautifully! I was giggling a little to myself because as soon as I saw your post, I knew who you had. Kind of funny when you know someone’s blog that well that you recognize their recipe. LOL
I love that your boys made these!
Thanks, Michelle. Love that you recognized the source of these beauties!
These sound delicious! One of my favorite family activities is baking on the weekends with my son. It’s so fun to incorporate kids into the kitchen routine–and it’s great for them to learn their way around a kitchen! I can’t wait to give these a try with my son.
Elizabeth, you both will have a deliciously fun time, with these!
Family recipes are the best this time of the year and these cookies look like perfection!
Agreed, Sarah!
Chocolate + cherry is one of the best flavour combos ever, so I’m all over these cookies! And I totally agree how food brings people together and creates a really happy, lively atmosphere. I love it when we’ve got people round – there will be a few of us in the kitchen cooking and the rest sat around the kitchen chatting and watching. It really makes the house feel alive 🙂
Thanks for the lovely comment, Nicola; wishing you and yours a delicious holiday season that is filled with food and love!
Kudos to your son for doing such a great job with this recipe live! Those cookies are stunning and I know delicious too!
Your son is a natural and that was a great video! These cookies are picture perfect, so pretty! I love cherries with chocolate!