Thumbprint Cookies Draft

How I make it

1. In a food processor with the steel blade, pulse the butter, flour and powdered sugar into crumbs. A mixer works too.

2. Add the oil and process until the dough comes together.

3. Preheat the oven to 320°F (160°C).

4. Roll the dough into balls a bit smaller than ping-pong balls and arrange on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

5. Press your thumb into each ball almost all the way down, without breaking through, to make a well for the filling.

6. Bake for about 10 minutes. The cookies should stay pale.

7. Let cool slightly and pipe or spoon the filling into the wells.

What I've learned

• The dough cracks a little when you press in your thumb, and that's fine.
• The cookies firm up only after they come out of the oven, so I don't wait for them to brown.
• The well flattens a bit during baking; don't worry.