You may call these thimble cookies, deep-well cookies, or thumbprint cookies, but a rose by any other name…
Prepare the dough for:
Roll the dough into a ball, wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes for easier handling.
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease or line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
Form the dough into 1-inch balls. Roll them in:
Or, for a fancier cookie, roll in:
and then in:
Place the cookies about 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets. Depress the center of each cookie with your thumb and fill the centers of the cookies with:
using about 1 teaspoon per cookie. Bake until set, 12 to 15 minutes, switching racks and rotating the sheets halfway through. Let cool for 2 to 3 minutes on the sheets, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.