The Gracious Pantry- Clean Eating Thumbprint Cookies

I am thrilled to announce my first blog review for Tiffany over at The Gracious Pantry. I took quite some time browsing through her site, being that this site is a new one to me.First thing that caught my eye and grabbed my attention was her "clean eating recipes".I had a hard time choosing from all the great recipes,and it took me quite some time to decide what i was going to try. I finally decided on the Clean Eating Thumbprint Cookies.What grabbed my attention about this recipe is,the whole wheat flour, and honey that is used for the recipe.I have never had cookies with whole wheat flour before, so I was curious as to how they would turn out. The recipe also contains hazelnuts which I love and that was another reason I picked this one.Tiffany mentions on her post that this recipe was one she made with a family she stayed with in Germany.How neat that was to find out!My step mom is German and I plan to share these cookies with her. Well, on to the recipe:

Here are some of the ingredients I used for the recipe.Butter, vanilla, honey, wheat flour.. The wheat flour is 100% organic. I liked that, because I try to use organic ingredients whenever I can in my recipes.Also I used some vanilla a friend of mine gave me that came from Mexico. At the last minute I decided to use plum jam instead of strawberry. I thought plum would be better, and it's also my favorite.

Add butter,vanilla,egg yolks, and honey. Beat until creamy.I slightly melted the butter, because it was not quite soft enough and I was pressed for time.

Next I added the flour

Fold it in just like this

I let my batter chill as directed for 2 to 3 hours. It was hard to do because I was ready for my cookies, lol.After this step is done, it's time to roll into balls, and dip in egg whites, and roll in nuts. Press cookies down with your thumb. Now on to adding the jam and we are ready to bake! At 325 degrees for 20 minutes.As you can tell I added quite a bit of jam, but that's ok because I love plum jam.Here is what they look like right out of the oven. Can hardly wait to try them.

And what do i think about these cookies? Fabulous!!!So be sure to visit Tiffany's site, The Gracious Pantry for more delicious "clean eating" recipes, I know I will!