Chocolate-strawberry Thumbprint Cookies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup unsweetened dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar, plus
• 6 1/2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
• 4 ounces strawberries, stemmed and finely diced

Recipe

• 1 sift flour, cocoa, and salt into a bowl; set aside.
• 2 melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, stirring until smooth. set aside.
• 3 put butter and 1/4 cup of sugar into the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment; mix on medium until pale and fluffy.
• 4 mix in yolk, vanilla, and chocolate. reduce speed to low. mix in flour mixture until just combined.
• 5 refrigerate, covered, one hour.
• 6 preheat oven to 350°f put 6 teaspoons of sugar into a bowl. form dough into 3/4 balls; roll in sugar to coat.
• 7 space 1 inch apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. press center of each ball with your thumb.
• 8 bake 10 minutes. press centers again with a wooden spoon, 3/4 inch indentations. bake until slightly cracked and set; about 5 minutes more.
• 9 cool completely on racks.
• 10 stir cream cheese and confectioners sugar in a small bowl.
• 11 toss berries with remaining 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar in another bowl.
• 12 spoon cream cheese mixture into center of cookies; top with strawberries.