Hallongrotta
Alternative namesThumbprint cookies, jam drops, jelly tots, thimble cookies, Hussar balls, jam cookies, deep-well cookies, pits of love
TypeCookie
Place of originSweden
Main ingredientsraspberry jam

Hallongrotta (plural: hallongrottor) is the name of a common Swedish cookie. The name means raspberry cave in Swedish.[1] In the United States they are known as thumbprint cookies, as well as by many other names.[2] Similar cookies sold in Australia are known as jam drops.

The cookies are similar to shortbread cookies with an added filling. It is an easily baked molded cookie. The cookies are typically made with butter, flour, baking powder, sugar and vanilla.[3] The cookies are usually filled with raspberry jam.[4]

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References

  1. ^ "Thumbprint Cookies". Oven Tales. 28 November 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Rombauer, Irma S.; Becker, Marion Rombauer (1975). "Jelly Tots". Joy of Cooking. Bobbs-Merrill. p. 717. You may call these thimble cookies, Hussar balls, jam cookies, thumbprint cookies, deep-well cookies, or pits of love—the latter borrowed, of course, from the French—but a rose by any other name…
  3. ^ "Jam Drops". Donna Hay. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  4. ^ "Hallongrotta". AtlasMedia Ltd. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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