My little brother is a college hockey player in a neighboring state, who happened to break his arm pretty badly the other night during a game. I’ll spare you the details, but let’s just say it warranted a phone call to me at 1am from my extremely worried parents, who, thankfully happened to be at the game and were able to go with him to the hospital overnight. They ended up bringing him back home for the weekend so he could rest and relax. Since he’ll be out for the rest of the season, he’s pretty bummed. So what’s a big sister to do?
Knowing that he loves sprinkles, I made him a giant batch of cookies (with sprinkles) to cheer him up. Just a basic thumbprint cookie with extra dark cocoa and extra sprinkles. He was surprised and laughed when he saw them the next day. I also told him I would break the arm of the guy who caused his arm to break in the first place, but he just rolled his eyes and laughed. Welcome to hockey, I guess.
Here’s to a speedy recovery, Ben (aka Fluff). I love you and hope you feel better soon!
Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
Servings: about 20 cookies
Ingredients
2/3 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened dark cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 and 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup chocolate or multicolor sprinkles (or both!!!)
20 (or however many cookies you end up with….) milk chocolate kisses, unwrapped
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter on medium-high speed for 30 seconds.
3. Add sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Beat until combined, scraping the sides of the bowl occasionally.
4. Beat in egg and vanilla until combined.
5. Beat in the flour.
6. Your dough should be at ball-rolling consistency at this point. If it’s not, let it chill in the refrigerator for a while to firm up a little.
7. Once easily handled, roll dough into 1-inch balls.
8. Roll balls in sprinkles to coat.
9. Place balls 2 inches apart on your lined cookie sheets, and, using your thumb, make an indentation in the center of each cookie. (hence, thumbprint cookies…..:) )
10. Bake for 7 to 8 minutes or until edges are firm. Immediately press a chocolate kiss into each cookie’s center. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool.
Source: The Ultimate Cookie Book.
Lauren at KeepItSweet - Hope your brother has an easy recovery! These look so pretty with the sprinkles.
Blog is the New Black - Sorry about your bro- I’m sure these helped. Anything with sprinkles is a bit more fun!
Julia - What cute cookies! I’m sure they cheered up your brother!
srlacy - Hey Julia! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Patty - You are such a sweet sister! Very cute cookies. Sending healing vibes little bro’s way. 🙂
Aku - These look fabulous 🙂 Speedy recovery to your bro, sucks about being out for a season but hopefully a few of these helped with the disappointment!
Rica - I never seen cookies like this before. looks so delicious. i’m bad in baking but i will try to make this. awesome pictures!
Jane - Yummy! The sprinkles really brighten up the picture
maggie - Great photos and website. You are a new discovery to me. Those cookies look amazing, yummy and have to make some!
Vicki @ Wilde in the Kitchen - These are so adorable! I hope that your brother is on the mend soon, I’m sure he appreciated these cookies.
Medeja - Cookies look so cute 🙂
I think it’s really nice way to cheer your brother 🙂 Hope he’ll recover soon
Medifast Coupon - These cookies would make anyone feel better! Perfect little drops of sprinkles and chocolate always help with recovery. Cute pictures!
Ann - These are beautiful cookies. What a great sister.
cakewhiz - Congrats on the top 9. Your cookies look beautiful. So colorful with all those sprinkles 🙂
Jenny Nguyen - they look just adorable! well done 🙂
Trish @I_am_Succeeding - Sooooo yummy!!
Kori - What a great “get well” gift! These are ADORABLE. I love the sprinkles idea…totally saving this for the next time I make thumbprint cookies. Also, I can see these as witch hats with different colored sprinkles for Halloween. So cute!
Kim - Liv Life - What a wonderful sister you are!! I love it that your brother loves sprinkles. My daughter usually eats all of ours before we actually get to use them, but she would love these cookies as well. We’ve bookmarked for a day when we have sprinkles on hand!
Our best good luck wishes to your brother… I know it’s hard to sit on the sidelines…
Congrats on the well deserved Top 9!
Amanda @ bakingwithoutabox - What a sweet sister present! I’m sure the colorful sprinkles totally helped with the arm. My hurts always feel better with chocolate. Those are very cute cookies. Congrats on Top 9!
ceecee - These cookies are adorable – they look like donuts with a “kiss”.
Fresh and Foodie - BEAUTIFUL photos! I love the colors. I also love thumbprint cookies — great job all around!
briarrose - What a great get well gift. 😉 These look precious. Sprinkles always make things better.
natalie (the sweets life) - these are cute! I’d love to make some in February with Valentine’s Day sprinkles!!
Claudie - Simply beautiful!
Lisa @ tarte du jour - Such fun cookies…..what a nice sister! You photo is gorgeous…..those cookies draw me in!
Lexibule - Qu’est-ce qu’ils sont beaux!! Mes enfants vont adorés:)) Merci! J’imprime ta recette et j’essaierai très prochainement!! En passant tu as un talent incroyable, que de bonnes choses par ici;)xxx
Denine Regan - These are awesome! I love thumbprint cookies and will happily chow down on these! Great pic too!
Taylor - My little brother plays sports too so I know what its like watching and just praying he doesn’t get hurt! Hope your brother recovers well. p.s. these cookies are adorable!
Claire - I’m so happy you made Foodbuzz!
Tina W - I made these for my youth group for Valentine’s Day–easy, cute, delicious! Thanks for the inspiration!
(what runs) Lori - Wow. TEACH ME. Your photos are incredible! The colors! The “art” of it! What’s your secret…??
oh and of course the food looks amazing!
srlacy - Oh wow. Thanks, Lori. You just officially made my day.
I try to think of one thing that epitomizes the food. Whether it’s a yellow sprinkle, a “hair” on a raspberry, or a swirl of piped frosting, I try to focus on that. No distracting foregrounds/backgrounds. It’s just the food.
I’m having a love affair with food. 🙂
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Andrea@Hearthside Gatherings - Found this on Pinterest…these look great! I’ll have to try them!
Kelly - These look fabulous! I want to make them, but I also want to print out the recipe. Am I missing the “print friendly” button? Help!
srlacy - Hi Kelly-
Right now the template I am using does not offer a “print” button (unfortunately-I’ve tried messing with it, but it won’t let me.) For now, you can copy and paste into Word without printing out all the pictures.
Morgan - Just made these today and they are delicious! I’ll definitely be checking out more of your recipes.
Tammy - Just made these. They are really tasty and very pretty. They will look great on the cookie try when we open our gifts with family this weekend. Made 31 cookies
Annika - I have a batch of these in the oven right now and they smell really good! I got my little 7 year old brother to help me with rolling them in the sprinkles and making the thumbprints as well- they’re fun to make with kids and I can’t wait to try one! 🙂
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erica - Mine were too wet/sticky to ball…I added extra flour and made two logs wrapped in Saran wrap and stuck in the fridge to hopefully set up some…
I doubled the recipe too…so I wonder if it was operator error…My math. We’ll see .
I’m sure they will be fine…can’t wait to roll them in sprinkles!
erica - Well I just took them out of the fridge and baked…and they turned out super cute!
Will definitely be making more of these!!
Thank you for sharing this recipe…!!!
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laurab - These are wonderful! A great basic chocolate cookie, easy to make with kids, and a great jumping off point for all sorts of fun decorating ideas! Thank you!