Chocolate Filled Thumbprint Cookies
If you’ve been around Something Swanky for very long, you may already know that I AM NOT a planner.
Typically, I post quickie dessert recipes that I managed to make, photograph, edit, and post within a couple of hours (as opposed to many of my blogging friends who take the time to make a recipe one day, photograph it the next, then plan out their posting date a week or so in advance…). And it’s not that I’m proud of it, because I’d actually really like to be a great planner. I even buy these super cute Erin Condren planners every year, just to prove it.
Sadly, it’s just not me.
Not yet anyway. I’ll keep trying. Maybe one of these days, something will click!
With the baby coming in just a few months, I’ve really, really been trying to get the blog ready for a little maternity leave. And it has been EXHAUSTING! I don’t know how you planner-ahead-ers do it.
Even though it totally goes against my nature to thoughtfully plan out recipes and posts months in advanced, I have found a few little tricks here and there that have helped me stock up a bit without having to totally go out of my way.
One of them (you may have noticed…. *cough*) is to post a lot of breakfast recipes. We like making fancy, dessert-y breakfasts around here. Most Saturday and Sunday mornings we make something extra sweet and yummy anyway, so I’ve just started to photograph everything we make! Air-go alllllllll the breakfast I’ve been posting these days.
Another trick I’ve employed is to use the base of one recipe and actually turn it into 2 or 3 different desserts! For instance…. these Chocolate Filled Thumbprints.
This recipe is so incredibly versatile, and I am in love! I actually managed to tweak these into THREE very different tasting desserts, just by making different fillings. I’ll be posting those over the next few months, so be sure to look out for them.
But, for now, let’s talk about these.
Crunchy, buttery, crumbly shortbread filled with chocolate. It’s a very, very simple treat, but simultaneously a little elegant, very cute, and absolutely delicious. And not to get too geeky here, but I also love the contrast of texture in these cookies. The soft, crumbly cookie next to the hard chocolate is REALLY good, one of my favorite textures to eat!
And of course, you can make these extra fancy (and seasonal) by topping them with sprinkles or candies. Seriously– SUCH a versatile recipe. It’s a great one to have on hand for entertaining, holiday get-togethers, and for gifting!
Enjoy!
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7 Comments on “Chocolate Filled Thumbprint Cookies”
I am a planner by nature. I just have to write things down so I can cross them off (I know I am weird!) However I can’t seem to get into the routine of making things in advance so I too am making the dish, taking pics and writing the post all in the same day and it is just exhausting!! BTW these cookies look super cute and delicious!
The downside of planning is you have everything scheduled and then you find a recipe you mustmakethisminuteandpostnow. That messes everything up!! I love these, they’re PERFECT!
I usually always make 3-4 different kinds of cookies when I make my cookie dough. I use whole wheat flour and oatmeal in my cookie dough then separate it and add orange zest, cranberries, coconut, pecans, walnuts, chocolate chips, or whatever. I can have a variety with one dough.I even roll them in fine coconut at times. Make them plain for the great grandbaby too. I love making them into balls and freezing them and having cookies whenever I want them.
These look wonderful. My husband would love the chocolate, but I would love lemon. HA!!
These cookies are so pretty! I love the chocolate centers!
I am a major planner. I’m that way with everything in my life. If I don’t know what is going to happen and when, I become extremely stressed and frazzled. I don’t understand how you non planners do it. ;-)
You’re right to have such tricks to get your blogger life easier! No matter if you post the same recipe with other flavors, your delicacies are great:)
I am the total opposite! I am a total planner! I would like to start my own food blog and I have been working on it and planning for it for over two months and I still haven’t made it public :)
Good for you working on getting recipes ready for when you have your baby! It will be nice to have time off to spend with your new bundle of joy. It will be worth the stress now to have time off later!
I am right there with you doing stuff last minute. I just can’t get ahead no matter how much I try…it just doesn’t feel right. Although I do make and photograph a few recipes each week. But I’m majorly impressed that you can make, photograph, edit, and post all in a few hours!!! My scatterbrained mind can’t do that either ;-) I am loving these fun chocolate filled cookies. Those cookies are awesome for doing so much with!!!