Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

I've been craving for Chocolate Thumbprint cookies since last Eid ul Fitr, when my mom went crazy and bought almost all cookies from Harvest, our local bakery. Chocolate Thumbprint is my favorite, thou Harvest's called them White Button. why, they are as cute as a button indeed! it was really easy and fun to make, despite the part where you bake the cookies for 10 minutes, dipped ur thumb to the half cooked so freaking hot cookie dough, then put it back in the oven.

My red sore thumb is all worth it when I bite into these cute botton cookies, feel the vanilla cookies crumble into rough sand and blend gently with the silken dark chocolate. Oh, Heaven!

Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
makes 4 1/2 dozen

1 cup plus 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup confectioners sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
6 ounces semisweet chocolate chopped
2 tsp corns syrup ( i used honey instead-it works too)

preheat the oven to 350 F. line two baking sheets with parchment paper. 


In the bowl of an electric mixed fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together 1 cup butter, the confectioners' sugar, salt and vanilla on medium speed until smooth about 2 minutes, beat in flour, beginning on low speed and increasing to medium until combined

Form balls using 2 teaspoons of dough for each, place balls 1 inch apart on prepared baking sheets. 

Bake 10 minutes, remove from the oven, and press thumb into cookies to make deep, wide indentations, rotate the pan, and return to the oven; bake until light brown on the edges, 7 to 9 minutes more. ( if the indentations begin to lose definition, remove cookies from oven and press again.) 

Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. 

Combine the chocolate, the remaining 6 tablespoons butter and the corn syrup in a small heatproof bowl set over a pot of simmering water; stir occasionally until melted and smooth. 

Allow to cool a bit until slightly thickened. fill thumbprint with the chocolate mixture, and set aside to firm up. cookies can be stored in a single layers in airtight containers at room temperature up to 3 days.

Marhaban Ya Ramadhan!

Marhaban Ya Ramadhan!
Minal Aidzin Wal Faidzin, mohon maaf lahir dan batin semua!
semoga ramadhan membawa banyak berkah :)

ini adalah percobaan pertama gue membuat sugar cookie. masih instant sih, gue pikir mau berkenalan dulu dengan tekstur, rasa dan cara membuatnya sebelum mencoba bikin dari scratch. seperti biasa Betty Crocker instant goodies ngasih result yg enak! mpph. manis dan kriuk-kriuk hasilnya. pas bikin juga ada gula pasir diadonannya sparkles like a star, hal yg ga penting tp bikin gue seneng, lol.

Tadinya gue mau pake icing yang dibuat dari gula pasir dan putih telur ituloh, tapi pas liat di cookie cutter box yang dikasih @putrimatahari (BIG THANKS!! HUGS! :D) ada instant creamy icing! worth a try.

hasilnya malah spt icingnya cupcake, vanilla buttercream tapi lebih kental. nahlo. sempet ribet banget gue menghiasnya karena gue pengennya icing melebar ke seluruh permukaan cookie, padahal creamy = bukan pouring consistensy.

jadinya gue lebarkan manual pake tusuk gigi. mencong mencong pulak karena gue ke distrak menghias sambil nonton CSI:TRILOGY. (Don Flack ganteng banget kan yaaaa) HAHAHA. kebiasaan masak sambil nonton tv bener-bener harus dihentikan.

Enak sih, tapi muaaniiisss banget.
gue doyan kue tapi tetep aja ga doyan kalo terlalu manis. bikin batuk. dan pilek. dan bengek. dan yak, lain-lain seterusnya.

gue iseng mencoba bikin sugar cookie hati trus ditulis mom and dad. bisa dilihat, yak, mencong-mencong ga karu-karuan.

aniwe, bagaimana kabar kalian semua? ada yg punya rencana khusus diramadhan ini? target gue mau qhatam quran! bismillah! semangat! :D

PS : iniloh cookie cutter kirimannya jeng @putrimatahari . lucu banget kaaaaannn!!