Name: Buckwheat thumbprint cookies with grapes
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: makes 35 buckwheat thumbprint cookies
Ingredients: 150 g buckwheat flour; 30 g cacao; 3 g baking soda; 80 g ground walnuts or pecans; 100 g butter, on room temperature; 80 g icing sugar; 1 egg; 1 tsp lemon zest; 2 tbsp rum; 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder; 1/2 tsp allspice powder; 1/2 tsp ginger powder; 4 tbsp grape jam (or any other)

Buckwheat thumbprint cookies with grapes

These little thumbprint cookies are already a tradition every December in our home. This year we decided to make them with 100% buckwheat flour and they came out brilliant. Brittle, not too sweet + they have a lovely nutty flavor. We always refrigerate them for about 30 minutes before baking. This way they are easier to shape and more lovely in general. You can cover them in dark chocolate or use any jam you like, but we prefer grape jam and white chocolate. Give it a try, they are super easy to make.

Ingredients

Buckwheat thumbprint cookies with grapes

150 g buckwheat flour

30 g cacao

3 g baking soda

80 g ground walnuts or pecans

100 g butter, on room temperature

80 g icing sugar

1 egg

1 tsp lemon zest

2 tbsp rum

1/2 tsp cinnamon powder

1/2 tsp allspice powder

1/2 tsp ginger powder

filling

4 tbsp grape jam (or any other)

Tools and equipment

2x bowl

hand-held mixer

plastic wrap

parchment paper

baking sheet

METHOD

preparation

Whisk the buckwheat flour, cacao, baking soda and ground walnuts / pecans together in a bowl. In another bowl, whip the butter and the icing sugar with a hand-held mixer. Beat in the egg, lemon zest, rum, pinch of salt, cinnamon powder, allspice powder and ginger powder until just combined. Slowly add in the dry ingredients, mixing just until incorporated.
refrigerate

Wrap the cookie dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
bake

Preheat the oven to 165 °C / 330 °F. Shape small balls with your hands and place on the prepared baking sheets, lined with parchment paper. Place about 2 inches apart. Press a thumbprint into the center of each ball and bake for about 10 minutes. Meanwhile heat the grape jam and fill each indentation with about 1/2 teaspoon jam. Bake for another 4 minutes on 150 °C / 300 °F.
store

Cool the buckwheat cookies. Serve or store cookies in a tightly sealed container for up to 10 days.