No Bake Thumbprint Cookies
Do you know what I love about making no-bake cookies? Well, itโs that you donโt have to bake them! I love homemade cookies โ like love, love โ but getting up and putting a new tray in the oven every 9-12 minutes is just too much of a commitment. With these no-bake thumbprints thatโs a non-issue. Just 5 ingredients, a few minutes shaping them, and a long chill in the fridge and youโre golden.
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Ingredients
A lot of recipes for no-bake thumbprint cookies just call for peanut butter, butter, and powdered sugar. Those recipes are tasty, but the dough can be a little dense and lacking in texture.
Iโve solved that problem here by mixing in some granola โ it gives these cookies that classic baked cookie crunch. You can use any flavor granola you have on hand, but I love how the flavor of honey nut granola complements the peanut butter cookie base. For the best results, use a fine granola or break up any big clumps โ you want it to look mostly like loose oats.
For the jelly, I like using a raspberry jam, but you can use your favorite variety.
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No Bake Thumbprint Cookies Recipe
- Prep Time: 15 Minutes
- Chill Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 0 min
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: 24 Servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: American
DESCRIPTION
No-bake peanut butter and jelly thumbprint cookies are a fun addition to any holiday cookie tray!
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 3 Tbsp. butter, softened
- 1 and 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup honey nut granola, big clumps broken up
- 1/4 cup raspberry jam, or other red jam of your choice
Instructions
- In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together the peanut butter and butter.
- Stir in the powdered sugar and granola to form a soft dough.
- Roll the dough into 24 balls and place in a single layer on a parchment-lined tray. Press your thumb or the back of a greased spoon into each ball to create a small indentation in each cookie and fill each indentation with jam.
- Chill 1 hour, or until firm. Store in the refrigerator.
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This post originally appeared in December 2019 and was revised and republished in December 2024.
Christine is the founder of TheCookful and also of her blog COOKtheSTORY. Her passion is explaining the WHY behind cooking โ Why should you cook things a certain way; Will they turn out if you do it differently; What are the pros and cons of the method? Learn more about Christine, her cookbooks, and her podcast.