The original recipe is Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies from Cooking Light.
I searched and searched several stores in my area here in NC but I couldn't find almond paste anywhere. Many people who I talked to had no idea what it was. I decided to try to find a recipe for making here at home.
Almond paste is fairly easy to make yourself - providing you have blanched almonds. The recipe that I used is from Taste of Home.
I would not recommend using sliced almonds with skins. Although the almond paste turned out ok, the cookies dried out really fast and didn't last overnight. However, the cookies were really tasty right out of the oven.
My favorite part of the cookie was the blueberry jam that I made for the cooking filling. The recipe is from a cookbook that I will be doing a giveaway for in the coming days!
Classic Blueberry Jam
from Put 'em up!
8 C. blueberries
2 C. sugar
1/4 C. bottled lemon juice
Combine the berries with a splash of water in a med. nonreactive pan. Bring to a boil, stirring and crushing the berries to release their juice. Add the sugar and stir to dissolve. Stir in the lemon juice. Continue to cook at a steady boil, stirring frequently, until the jam reaches the desired gel.
Remove from the heat and let the jam rest for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally to release air bubbles and prevent fruit float. Skim any foam from the top of the jam.
Refrigerate: Ladle into bowls or jars. Cool, cover and refrigerate for up to 3 weeks.
I waited until the jam had cooled down and then used it to fill the cookies.
Here's a link to the Kids Bake Cookie Carnival recipe: S'mores Cookie Bars.
From June thru August, there will be 2 recipes sent out for the Cookie Carnival - the first will be a kid's cookie recipe and the second will be a little more complex(but definitely nothing too complicated!).
Everyone is invited to bake one or both of the cookies! Get the kids involved!
If you haven't joined the Cookie Carnival yet...what are you waiting for? I'd love for you to join us!
Here's how!
I've had a few people email me to ask "Can I join the Cookie Carnival without having a blog?"
YES! You can join the Cookie Carnival if you follow these rules:
Please email me to let me know that you would like to join. I will add you to the email list so that you will start receiving the recipes each month. At this time please let me know that you will be participating via email.
1. You must email me one picture of your cookies - no bigger than 50 x 50, please.
2. Please include a sentence or two about yourself - ex: your name and where you live
3. Please include a comment about the cookies - good or bad or just a thought pertaining to the cookies.
4. Please let me know if you followed the recipe as written or if you made changes - and if you did, what changes did you make? I will post those changes, too.
I look forward to meeting and talking to everyone! If you have any questions or comments about the Cookie Carnival, please email me! yinzerfan {at} gmail {dot} com
Happy Baking!
Tami
1 comment:
These are like little pies. Yummy!
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