Tuesdays with Dorie BWD: Devil’s Thumbprints

October 24, 2023 at 12:01 am | Posted in BWD, cookies & bars, groups, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 6 Comments
Tags: baking, cookies, holiday

Regardless of what Devil’s Thumbprints actually are, the name alone sounds like a pretty good potential Halloween recipe to me. Turns out they’re brownie-like chocolate thumbprint cookies, filled with jam, more chocolate, or whatever you like. The devil on my shoulder told me to chose more chocolate. I made the dough/batter the day before baking the cookies and they held shape pretty well. I have some dark chocolate buttons that are basically the same size as the cookies’ indentations so I just popped a button into the center of each cookie while they were still hot from the oven. The buttons melted right into the divots, and there was no fussing around with melting and spooning on chopped chocolate. Instead, I was able to fuss around with yellow googly eyes.

I made these thumbprints two years ago for Halloween as well. That time around, I gave them white chocolate-cream cheese bellies and cherry jam blood. I also rolled the unbaked cookies in granulated sugar instead of the turbinado I used this time, and I liked that finer sugar better, as the coarser turbinado made kind of a hard crust on the outside.

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Oh, you win cuteness award this week…those are just adorable. Thank you for the tip on melting the buttons and not having to melt chocolate and scoop it into the center. I’m all about any shortcuts with messing with chocolate, as you know. The bottom ones are very pretty…and I’m thinking just right for the IU Basketball season coming up…our cream and crimson theme would surely love some of these to set out with snacks…thank you for the visuals.

Comment by Kayte Gerth— October 24, 2023 #

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- thanks!! lots of possibilities for this one! xoxo
  
  Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— October 24, 2023 #
  
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I thought about doing something groovy and stopped when there were no funny buttons around for the project. Your thumbprint cookies put a big smile on my face.

Comment by Shirley @ EverOpenSauce— October 24, 2023 #

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Well, aren’t those just the cutest cookies ever!! Love them…and I am with you on the chocolate middle! Sounded like a perfect choice to me haha.

Comment by isthisakeeper— October 24, 2023 #

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SO SMART with the buttons and HOW CUTE are yours?? Love!

Comment by Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)— October 25, 2023 #

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Love the little faces. These brownie-like cookies were Devine. I skipped baking this week as I am on vacation.

Comment by Diane Zwang— October 25, 2023 #

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