Caramel Thumbprint Spelt Cookies
Delicious shortbread cookies with a healthy dollop of caramel, these spelt caramel thumbprint cookies are as tasty as they are pretty. The cookies can be made with either all-purpose or spelt flour.
These spelt caramel thumbprint cookies first appeared on my old blog, The Culinary Jumble. The photos have been updated and the recipe amended to use spelt flour.
As far as cookies go, these are a cinch. Even the dulce de leche is out of a tin. Thumbprint cookies are so much fun to make, too and you can add whatever filling you like.
Small batch thumbprint cookies
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I prefer to make a small batch of cookies. If I don’t, I tend to eat way more than I should. Plus, there is only me and one of my teenage sons that are here right now, so if he doesn’t like them (which can happen), then I have to eat them all myself. I know, right. The struggle is real.
The great thing about this small batch recipe is that you can simply double (or even triple) the ingredients and make more.
Adapting the recipe
I love creating recipes that can be adapted to suit everyone. All my recipes for this blog are made with spelt flour as a default, and regular readers are here for just that. However, many stumble across my bog who don’t use spelt flour. Yet. Imagine how disappointing it would be to like the look of a recipe but feel you can’t make it yourself. That’s happened to me many times. Therefore, my recipes are adapted to use all-purpose (plain) flour, too. It’s not complicated, though. Most recipes are nothing more than a straight swap. And if you are interested in how spelt flour compares to plain flour, have a read of my spelt vs plain flour: which makes the best cupcake?
Not only can you use different flours, but you can change up the fillings, too. In the past I’ve made raspberry thumbprints with a plain icing filling and a deeper cookie, almost a cookie cup, with blackberry icing. I’ve used dulce de leche for this recipe, but you could easily make your own caramel.
Other simple spelt flour cookie recipes
These thumbprint cookies are so easy to make, but there’s many more where they came from. Check out some of my super simple spelt cookie recipes:
- Triple chocolate chunk cookies
- Spelt chocolate chip cookies
- Butter cookies with white chocolate
- Vanilla and blueberry Swedish snittar
- Swedish chocolate cookies
- Swedish toffee cookies (kolasnittar)
- Chocolate oat cookies (copycat Hobnobs)
Spelt Caramel Thumbprint Cookies
Ingredients
Cookie Dough:
- 55g (¼ cup) butter (softened)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 35g (2 tbsp + 2 tsp sugar
- 75g (½ cup) spelt flour (see note 1)
Filling:
- Enough caramel (or dulce de leche) to fill the cookies (around 1 teaspoon each).
Drizzle:
- 20g (2 tbs) chocolate (melted)
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 175°C (350°F) and line a baking tin with grease-proof paper.
- Beat the butter, vanilla and sugar together until nice and fluffy.
- Add the flour and mix until a dough forms.
- Place the dough in the fridge for around 15 minutes to firm up a little.
- Roll into small balls and press your thumb down in each one making a nice, fairly thick hole.
- Bake for around 10 minutes, just until the edges begin to brown (they will look pale and be very soft to the touch - don't overbake).
- Remove from the oven. You will probably find the holes have closed up a little when baking, so just use the back of a small spoon (or similar) to press the cookie down and make the holes larger again.
- Leave to cool on the tray for around ten minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Using a small spoon, carefully add the caramel, just until it reaches the top of the hole.
- Melt the chocolate and then drizzle over the cookies. Enjoy!
Notes
- I've successfully made these with both spelt and all-purpose flour. Just use the same amount of flour for whichever you choose.