Gingerbread Thumbprint Cookies
Dec 21, 2025 01:24 PM
With soft, chewy insides and a smooth vanilla bean white chocolate filling, these gingerbread thumbprint cookies are ideal for holiday baking! Molasses, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves yield a classic and bold gingerbread flavor that pairs well with the sweet white chocolate.
You are in for a holiday treat!
If you love classic gingerbread cookies over the holidays, I just know you will love these gingerbread thumbprint cookies! They have already earned a spot in my holiday cookies that I bake every year. They would be perfect in Christmas cookie boxes, too!
These cookies are a little addictive! Let me tell you why I can’t get enough of them. The outside has a crispy texture thanks to the turbinado sugar, but the inside of the cookie remains soft and perfectly chewy.
Ingredients:
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup + 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
- ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons unsulphured molasses
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- ½ cup turbinado sugar, for rolling
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
Prep Time:
35 minutes
Cook Time:
25 minutes
Total Time:
60 minutes
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