CHEESY THUMBPRINT COOKIES WITH BOURBON TOMATO JAM

A savory twist on your classic jam-filled sweet fingerprint cookie – Savory Cheese fingerprint Cookies with Bourbon Tomato Jam area unit really the right party appetiser. These Savory Cookies area unit insanely flavorous, straightforward to form and vegetarian!

If you thought we have a tendency to spent all of Gregorian calendar month uptake home-brewed Twix candy bars, or buttery and breakable melting moments cookies, or chocolate brewage truffles, that will solely be part true. 🙂 finally we have a tendency to created fingerprint cookies too! Except, these aren’t the type you’d expect. These babies area unit savory cookies! Savory Cheese fingerprint Cookies with Bourbon Tomato Jam to be precise. I’m progressing to be quite frank, there’s no means I will do these cookies any justice with words here. These area unit a number of the most effective cookies (savory or otherwise) that I’ve had, and that i don’t say that gently.

Mr. K is incredibly straightforward to please once it involves the food I build. He’s one amongst the smallest amount meticulous eaters out there and he can virtually eat something I place before of him (bless him) with enjoyment. If he’s fairly quiet, then I will expect a regular “good food, give thanks you” response. however the a lot of vocal he gets, the a lot of he enjoyed it, I can tell. And these savory cookies, he couldn’t stop talking about!

Crisp on the sides, soft within the middle, with a kicked up sweet and spicy tomato jam within the center, these cheap savory cookies are the right appetiser for your Christmas party or New Year’s Eve party. Or any party for that matter. and that they area unit eater cookies besides. Imagine however your guests would be taken aback once they understand that these aren’t truly sweet cookies. Plus, this can be your solely probability to induce the higher of your friend’s annoying child, once he/she bites into one amongst these thinking they're regular sweet fingerprint cookies. That expression alone would be well worth the effort, wouldn't it not? Not that i might understand. I mean, I’d ne'er do such a issue. Noooo, never.

Aaaand they're really easy to form, even my hubs might build them. Seriously. The dough comes along quickly associated you simply build an imprint along with your thumb to refill with some delicious jam/jelly. So really, you bought no excuse to not build them. They’d do rather well as a celebration appetiser or maybe as a game day snack. I created these as a result of I required a prospect from sweet cookies, and being a large fan of fingerprint cookies, i made a decision to grant them a spicy, savory, flavorous twist. The result's really wonderful. 

INGREDIENTS

SAVORY CHEESY THUMBPRINT COOKIES

• 8 oz / 225g unsalted butter softened
• 3.5 oz / 100g white cheddar cheese grated
• 3.5 oz / 100g monterey jack cheese grated
• 1 deseeded jalapeno finely chopped
• 1 large rosemary sprig leaves only, finely chopped
• ½ tsp kosher salt
• 0.9 oz / 25g white sugar
• 1 small egg
• 6.7 oz / 190g AP flour
• 5.3 oz / 150g semolina

BOURBON AND TOMATO JAM

• 1 lb cherry tomatoes halved
• 5.3 oz / 150g sugar
• 5 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• Up to 1 tbsp chilli flakes/crushed red pepper optional - but recommended
• 1 large clove of garlic minced about 1 tsp minced garlic
• 2 oz diced white/yellow sweet onion
• A pinch of cumin
• ½ tsp kosher salt
• 3 tbsp bourbon

INSTRUCTIONS

SAVORY CHEESY THUMBPRINT COOKIES

1. Chop the grated cheese roughly and mix it with the rosemary and jalapeno. Alternatively, you can grate the cheese using your food processor, and add the deseeded jalapeno and rosemary leaves, and process finely. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, place the softened the butter, sugar and salt and cream it together using a whisk/spatula or wooden spoon. Add the cheese-herb mix and mix it through using a spatula or wooden spoon.
3. Add the egg and mix it in until well incorporated in the dough.
4. In a separate bowl, mix the flour and semolina together. Add this in two batches to the butter-cheese mix and mix it to form a dough. You may need to use your hands (well-floured) to bring the dough together. Cover and chill in the fridge for about 30 minutes until the oven has preheated.
5. Preheat oven to 350°F / 180°C. Line two cookie trays with parchment paper.
6. Make 1 ½ inch round dough balls and place them on the cookie tray with about 2 inches of space between each (I placed 14 cookies on each tray).
7. Create a deep well/imprint in each dough ball using a moistened thumb/finger.
8. Fill each well generously with bourbon tomato jam (recipe below).
9. Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes. Switch the position of the two trays in your oven half way through baking (please see note). The cookies should be golden on the bottom and light-golden on top.
10. Remove from the oven and let them cool slightly. Serve.
11. If you're storing the cookies, DO NOT STACK (the jam will stick to the bottom of the cookies).

BOURBON TOMATO JAM

1. Mix all the ingredients except for the bourbon in a saucepan. Bring the mix to a boil on medium-heat, while stirring to dissolve the sugar. Once the mix has come to a boil, increase the heat to keep it at a boil.
2. Let the mixture boil while stirring and gently crushing the tomatoes with a spoon as they soften. After about 5 minutes of cooking time, add the bourbon and mix through.
3. The mixture should keep cooking until the liquid has become syrupy and thick. The time depends on the heat of your stove, and how much liquid is present in the tomatoes. The end product will resemble preserves with tomato pieces in it.
4. These can be stored in mason jars until needed (makes enough for 1 ½ batches of these cookies).

Recipe From : The Flavor Bender