Ube Cookies

Name: Ube Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: about 2-1/2 dozen
Ingredients: 1-1/2 cups butter, softened; 1 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon ube extract; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 3 to 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 cups white baking chips, divided; 1/2 cup ube jam or preserves

Total Time Prep: 15 min. Bake: 15 min./batch

Yield about 2-1/2 dozen

Test Kitchen Approved

Ube cookies are soft, chewy and filled generously with ube jam. White chocolate chips are studded throughout the cookies with a matching white chocolate drizzle.

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ube extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 to 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white baking chips, divided
1/2 cup ube jam or preserves

Directions

In a large bowl, cream the butter, sugar, ube extract and salt until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Gradually beat in enough flour to form a smooth dough. Mix in 1 cup white chocolate chips.
Preheat oven to 350°. Scoop cookie dough into 1-in. balls. Place 1 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets.
Press a deep indentation in center of each with the end of a wooden spoon handle. Fill with jam.
Bake 15-18 minutes or until bottoms are browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Melt remaining 1 cup white chocolate chips, drizzle over cookies.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 228 calories, 13g fat (8g saturated fat), 27mg cholesterol, 105mg sodium, 26g carbohydrate (17g sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.

These ube cookies are naturally flavored and colored with ube extract and ube jam. White chocolate chips and a white chocolate drizzle are the perfect complement for this purple thumbprint cookie. —Margaret Knoebel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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