Sometimes a small batch of cookies is all you need. These thumbprint cookies combine the creamy sweetness of Arctic cloudberries with the tropical essence of coconut in an airy confection.
Sorry to temp you with a berry that rarely sees a latitude much south the Arctic Circle. Our favorite berry has yet to be cultivated on any large scale as far as we know, but almost any jam could serve as a substitute in these cookies. Perhaps there is an equivalent rare berry from another interesting part of the world you could taunt us back with?
Read more at Cloudberry Country, Cloudberry Freezer Jam, Cloudberry Cake, and Cloudberry Sorbet.
Coconut Aqpik Thumbprints
Ingredients
- 1/4 lb. unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 egg beaten with 1 tbsp water (egg wash)
- 1/3 cup coconut flakes
- cloudberry jam (or jam of your choice)
Directions
- In a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar.
- Mix in vanilla.
- With mixer on low speed, slowly add flour and salt to butter mixture. Mix until dough comes together.
- Roll dough into about 1-inch balls.
- Get a bowl ready with egg wash and a plate ready with coconut flakes.
- Dip each ball into egg wash.
- Roll each ball in coconut.
- Place each cookie on parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Press an indentation into each cookie. I used the handle end of a silverware knife.
- Fill each indentation with jam.
- Bake cookies for 20 – 25 minutes, until coconut is golden brown.
- Cool and serve.
Makes 15 cookies.
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Those look so yummy. Wish I had some Cloudberry Jam….:)
Thanks Pam. We look forward to picking a big batch each year!
Yum! Your cloudberry jam was epic! Love the picture too…nice focusing.
Thanks guys!
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mmmmm, beautiful and mouth-watering cookies, I’m in love with the coconut flakes on the cookies xD
Cloudberries–never heard of them. I got to pick lingonberries and blueberries out by the VOR west of Dillingham one very special day though. 🙂
Hi Sandra, In Alaska, many people call cloudberries “salmon berries” – which gets confusing, because salmon berries are common in the Pacific Northwest, but are different (much less flavorful) than cloudberries.
Okay then, we picked those too! :-). Delish!!!
I love anything with cloudberries. My family has a “secret spot” to pick them by our cabin in the mountains in Norway – they are getting more and more popular now, rightfully so! Nice to see a recipe using them , I don’t find that too often -these look yummy! 🙂
Thanks. We’re lucky. Lots grow by where we live.