Have you ever baked wheat flour based thumbprint cookies with salted caramel sauce? The whole title sounds complex but actually The whole process to bake these cookies is a lot fun and the end result is extremely delicious๐๐
Thumbprint cookies are also Christmas festival delight just likeย Eggless Wheat Flour Stained Glass Cookies. I tried these cookies also with wheat flour and filled with homemade Salted Caramel Sauce.
New year and Christmas festival holidays are on. Your house would be buzzing with all chitter-chatter of your guests, relatives and running around tiny tots. Winter season is at its peak and no one wants to sit indoors if bright sunny day is there. Kids keep playing whole day with their friends or cousins and they are frequently get hungry. Cookies or biscuits are the easiest snacks to munch on in between the meals but white flour (maida) based cookies are not good for health to be consumed frequently. So, why not prepare these festive delight Wheat Flour Thumbprint Cookies with Salted Caramel Sauce. Taste will be slightly different, but nothing is more important than the health of your dear family members!!
I have used the same recipe which I had used for glass tinted cookies. But I feel that for some readers sugar might seem to be a bit less, probably because I filled these cookies with salted caramel instead of regular fruit jam.
For me, with salted caramel filling, these cookies were a yummilicious treat๐๐๐ as I personally have reduced sugar in my cookies lately.
As fruit jams are sweet, I feel that cookie with less sugar should create a balance. But if you feel that 1/4 cup of sugar is less, increase it up to 1/3 cup of sugar.
If you have some inhibitions baking these cookies along with the filling of fruit jam or caramel sauce, bake cookies with empty indent. Salted caramel sauce or fruit jam can be filled after baking the cookies also.
The most attractive or challenging part about these cookies is to achieve no cracks in cookies during baking. Long time back I had tried thumb print cookies and it was such a disaster that now also I couldn’t dare to bake all cookies together.
So, I baked one cookie only as an experiment and it came out just beautiful!!
I didn’t have a big batch of cookies to bake, but now I was confident and thrilled to bake rest of the cookies.
And right at this moment power went off! I was puzzled and confused as cookies were filled with caramel sauce.
My oven does not run on my apartment’s generator but fridge does. I popped in my cookies in the fridge.
After two hours power was restored and I baked the cookies. I had baked chilled cookies before but these cookies were filled with sauce which was now kind of frozen.
I set the time for 20 minutes and was not sure how the outcome would be. I couldn’t dare to peek into the oven during baking and came out of the kitchen. Ting-tong… timer beeped and I opened the oven and looked…
I was so glad to see these almost crack free pots of yummy salted caramel sauce!!!
Instead of a tiny indent for filling, my cookies looked like delicious wheat flour baked pot of salted caramel sauce… ๐ ๐
But who is complaining if the end result is so delicious ๐ ๐
You can check other cookie posts also and a separate post regarding your doubts about cookie baking…
Nankhatai (Cookies with clarified butter)
Wheat flour cookies with Jaggery
Eggless Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Eggless Wheat Flour Stained Glass Cookies
Basics of baking – Cookies (Tips and tricks on how to bake cookies)
Ingredients :
Wheat flour 132 gm (1 cup)
Fine grinded powdered sugar 55 gm (1/4 cup)
Corn starch 7 gm (1 tbsp)
Salt 1/8tsp
Vanilla essence 1/2tsp
Butter 100 gm (slightly less than 1/2cup)
Milk 1-2 tsp if required
Fruit jam or salted caramel sauce
Tips to remember :
- Measure your ingredients correct.
- Butter should be on room temperature, but it should be firm – not soft.
- If sugar is not powdered fine, tiny granules will melt during baking and cookies will expand.
- Cornstarch helps in holding the cookies in shape and prevents expanding.
- Chilling the dough is very important. Cold dough prevents cookies from expanding and the indent will remain intact.
- You can keep the dough wrapped in cling wrap in the fridge overnight and prepare cookies next day.
- Instead of spoon, use piping bag to fill the sauce for neatness.
- Wheat flour takes more time to bake compared to white flour (maida). So bake these cookies on low temperature for a little bit longer time.
- Remember that these cookies are slightly thicker cookies. So baking time will be a bit more and cookies will be brown in colour.
- Baking time might vary as different ovens have separate settings.
- After baking, transfer these cookies on the cooling rack along with parchment paper. Hot cookies are soft and along with liquid salted caramel sauce they are very delicate.
Process :
Take butter in a pan and cream it. You can do it with the help of strong spatula or whipping machine.
Add powdered sugar and mix it properly.
Add rest of the ingredients except milk cream (use only if required) and prepare dough. Cling wrap the dough and keep it in the fridge for 2-3 hours.
Preheat oven at 160 degrees
Take out the dough and divide it equally for cookies. Roll cookies in between your palms and with the help of your thumb, finger or measuring 1/4 tsp put an indent in between the cookie.
Fill up this empty space with salted caramel sauce with the help of piping bag. If you are not comfortable baking cookies along with jam or sauce, bake them with empty indent and fill them later after baking when cookies cool down completely.
Bake these cookies on same temperature for 20 minutes.
After baking shift these cookies on a cooling rack along with parchment paper.
Once cookies cool down completely, you can add on some more taste by drizzling melted dark chocolate all over these cookies.
For longer period these cookies need to be kept in the fridge. After taking them out from the fridge,warm them little bit. Warm cookies always taste out of the world!!
Perfect Christmasy treats๐โจ๐๐ looks very tempting !
That caramel sauce tho lip smacking for sure๐
Jyo, salted caramel sauce definitely added a lot taste and attraction for these cookies.Thank you so much ๐๐คโค๏ธ
An inspiration to make your cookies an addiction very difficult to overcome. The stuffing, the best. Thank you for raising my spirit with your sweets.
Mac, I feel so much honoured and motivated with your comment. You are a gentle hearted person who inspires and appreciates fellow bloggers whole heartedly.
Wishing you happy holidays and Festive Greetings!!
I only appreciate the work of others. I also wish the best for you this Christmas
Such pretty cookies! Love salted caramel, so these are definitely for me. Hope to try them soon! ๐
Ronit, my students licked caramel from the cookies and there was demand to refill them..๐๐
lol No wonder! ๐
Ooh! I have to try these out!! They look so delicious! ๐ Happy Holidays! ๐๐
Wishing you too Festive Greetings Sarah and thank you so much ๐๐คโค๏ธ
How will I ever lose weight, Deeksha? Have mercy! ๐ ๐ They look just as lovely as the last ones.
Ha ha ha… Stella, Christmas comes once in a year… enjoy till new year and then take new year resolution for following diet chart..๐๐ค๐โค๏ธ๐
I like the way you think โฆ ๐ <3
Thumbprint cookies – so delightful. And salted caramel is so good. Many thanks for yet another wonderful recipe. Seasonโs Greetings. ๐
Lynette, wishing you too Festive Greetings and thank you so much for your lovely motivation and appreciation ๐คโค๏ธ
These look soooo yummy!! And they are perfect looking as well! Merry Christmas! ๐
Merry Christmas Jen and thank you very much dear ๐๐
I have never heard of this before. Interesting. Merry Christmas, Deeksha
Arv, fancy Christmas cookies are yet not very popular in India.Get an invitation to celebrate Christmas,you might find these cookies among festive spreadover.
Merry Christmas to you Arv!
Honestly, I have never been part of Christmas festivities which might explain my lack of knowledge. Thanks to you, I am better informed. ๐
Arv, before I started baking, I also knew India’s favorite and evergreen Parle G… and for guests in the house Good day biscuits๐๐
While googling around to learn how to bake cookies, got introduced with a lot more varieties which I had never heard… So we all are in same boat โบ๏ธโบ๏ธ
Cool. I know we all learn everyday of our lives.
These look so good!!!
Thanks a lot Michelle ๐โค๏ธ
Anything with salted caramel is my favourite. Planning to bake them in a couple of days Deeksha.
Radhika, I believe salted caramel adds a little oomph in food..just can’t deny to savour it with anything !!
Diid u miss baking powder in your list of ings?
Tanushree, these cookies are prepared without leavening agents,so that they don’t spread and remain firm to hold the shape.
The cookies looks just perfect for the season. The fact these are made with wheat flour makes it worth a cheat ๐๐
Exactly, wheat flour makes us relish a few delicacies which otherwise we will avoid completely.
Thank you very much Gunjan ๐๐
Love these delicious treats! Thanks for sharing yet another recipe for baked goodies with healthy twist, and I just can’t wait to try my hand on this recipe. ๐
Thank you very much Megala ๐๐ค
Hey Deeksha, made these cookies using non dairy butter. While the taste was really good, the shape didn’t hold as well. But the oozy baked salted caramel ( vegan) tasted heavenly. Next time will try with normal butter. Thanks so much for the recipe ๐๐ป
Hi Radhika, thank you very much for your lovely feedback โค๏ธ๐ค๐
I have never tried peanut butter also so can’t guess what could be the reason for not holding shape. All I can guess like home butter has more moisture than the branded ones, if non – dairy butter also has more moisture then probably we need less quantity. If again you will be trying with normal butter, you might figure out the difference.
But baked salted caramel sauce…I agree with you completely, it tastes really amazing!I Probably, caramel is the best part of these cookies!
Yum! ๐
What is promised is debt. This is the poetry of my childhood.
MY FIRST COMMUNION
I had turned ten years
They forced me to go to the catechism
and attend mass on Sundays.
I just wanted to play soccer
like other children
and not die of boredom
during two hours
I would have preferred to hide under the bed
But I knew that God was keeping watch
and if I didn’t do my duty
He was going to write in his big book
to punish me when I die
Total, I finished the course.
At the time of communion,
I burned another child’s bracelet
With the sacred candle.
My mom told me I was a rebel.
and for a whole year
I don’t let myself play football
Mac,I feel so honoured that at my request you really peened down your childhood memories. But this was a bit harsh treatment you gave to yourself.In south India also a particular ceremony is done only for boys, and after that they have to do morning and evening pooja(praying God along with some rituals) for the rest of the life.Sensible parents do it now at the time of son’s marriage.I believe there are some or other similarities in traditions all around the world.
It has been a great pleasure to do so. I believe that religious families are the same throughout the world. They act according to their beliefs and wish to convey the same message to their children. Now, with the advancement of technology, that is being forgotten. A hug.
Thanks a lot JoAnn๐๐ค
This looks so good
Thank you very much.
These look so good..
Caramel is delicious!
Thank you very much ๐
Thank you very much ๐
I think these cookies look perfect, Dee, and the combination between sweet and salty sounds just right.
Caramel sauce definitely created right balance.Thank you so much Tanja.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you, Dee, you too!
My Goodness ! I love this kind of cute cookies! They are just right for the holiday season.
It reminds me my childhood. We had similar cookies like this, and the filling is strawberry jelly!
Hi Oscar,
Thank you so much dear โบ๏ธ โบ๏ธ
We all have great food memories from childhood, isn’t it!
Pink strawberry jelly!! Girl’s favourite colour with favourite flavor๐๐๐๐
Happy New Year, dear friend!
Yeah! Oh, also golden yellow apricot jelly is great in the cookies as well!
I will definitely try apricots also!
Wishing you too a Wonderful Happy New Year!
Such a beautiful recipe . I specifically love the colour
Thank you very much for your lovely appreciation ๐ ๐
That looks very tasty!
Thank you very much ๐๐ค
Thank you very much ๐
Your cookies are very yummy and delicious from the way you present them, Deeksha. What an awesome presentation. Too good.
Kamal, you made my day dear friend ๐คโค๏ธ
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Welcome ๐๐๐ always dear Deeksha.โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ๐๐๐๐
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Kamal, heartfelt thanks for your lovely appreciation. ๐ค๐๐โค๏ธ
Welcome ๐๐๐๐ dear Deeksha ๐๐๐๐
Mooie website ! Complimenten !
I am honoured ๐
Cookies for all times! I am going to try your recipe today! Easy to follow and enticing !
Thanks a lot Anita. I hope you are going to enjoy the whole process and taste๐๐
These would be delicious.. salted caramel is so tasty.. ๐
Caramel Sauce definitely added flavour to Cookies . Thank you very much Lisa๐๐ค
This dish so delicious … I will try to make this …
Thank you very much Vijayanjali๐
Welcome mam
It’s delicious cookies I will make try it…so please tell me it’s recipe..
Thanks a lot Vijayanjali. Recipe is given in this post along with complete process.
Ok Mam
It’s good to know these cookies survived being in the fridge for a couple of hours before going into the oven. They are perfect.
Also: They look SO delicious. My mouth is watering just thinking about them!
I believe cookies became better in the fridge and they remained firm and maintained the shape.
Salted caramel indeed added a lot of taste here.
Thank you very much for your lovely appreciation ๐๐
I love all your posts specially pictures…. Mouthwatering ๐ผโคโบ
Stay blessed …You are doing amazing work …
Nimish, thank you very much for your kind words and lovely appreciation ๐