Lemon, Blueberry Thumbprint Cookies

In a sad but true twist of my week, it is yet Thursday again.  The fact that it is Thursday means I have to face up to the fact that tonight I have night school and I have yet again failed to do my homework.  (Wait a second...does that make me a teacher's worst nightmare?)  I do have plenty of great excuses though.  No seriously.  It's tax season and I have been doing tons of research trying to find some answers for a complicated return.

I was really ready to go into hiding to avoid having to deal with it at all, when in a final fit of desperation I decided to give the IRS a call.  After several transfers I finally ended up with a "complicated" (boy did they name that department aptly) operator.  In less than a minute John had solved the most complicated tax situation I have yet to encounter.  After an initial gush of thanks, I started to feel a slight trickle of a tear starting to stream down my face.  Then I decided it would probably be much too awkward for the both of us if I started to cry on the phone.

Instead I hopped and skipped into the kitchen to make some cookies.  I'm hoping to offer them to my night school teacher as a bribe peace offering for being her worst student ever.

Lemon, Blueberry Thumbprint Cookies
Cookie Dough:
12 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Zest of one lemon
1 tablespoon lemon juice

Lemon Sugar:
1/3 cup granulated sugar
Zest of one lemon

Also need:
1/3 cup blueberry jam

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine butter, sugar, egg, flour, salt, baking soda, lemon zest, and lemon juice in a bowl and mix until combined.

Combine sugar and lemon zest in a food processor and pulse a couple of times until well combined.  Pour into a small bowl.

Shape the cookie dough into balls about 1 1/2-inch around and roll the balls into the lemon-sugar.  Place the balls a couple inches apart onto cookie sheets lined with silpats or parchment paper.

Press a dent in the middle of each ball with your thumb and fill with 1/4 teaspoon or so of blueberry jam.

Bake for 8-10 minutes.

Makes 24 cookies.

The blueberry jam bleeds a bit on the dough, perhaps not making for the prettiest of cookies.  These ugly ducklings were a serious flavor explosion though more than making up for any lacking in the looks department.

I know what you guys are thinking, "this lady eats nothing but desserts".  While on occasion that's true, but I do try and eat healthy occasionally.  Today for lunch I had a super tasty veggie wrap.  On a pretty tasty tortilla I might add.  I'd totally drop the name of them for you if I had been gifted these. For some reason, I just don't get sent the free stuff.  Hmm, pretty sure it has nothing to do with my About Me page.

Enjoy,

Gina