Cornmeal Thumbprints Cookies: Crunchy delicious, need I say more?

I have to make a confession, I didn't buy this magazine ^^, I just took it from my sister's house when I saw the recipe list. The magazine that I talk about is ....................................

And another confession is I never bought Thai version of ................. before (and I stop buying the English version too, because I start to realize that I love the recipes but I never make any crafts so I will save the money to buy the recipe books from her instead, haha), but this issue is great, there are a lot of cookies recipes, (and I didn't have to pay for it, too  ^^).
So I told my sister that she had to say good bye to this one, and I packed it in my bag right away, hehe).
I think this recipe is interesting, because the texture of the cookie is not plain flour, it has a crunchiness of the cornmeal, and light coat with sugar make the cookie children's favorite. 
 As I was lazy enough, so I didn't make the filling by myself (the original use the homemade cranberry preserve, that I have to say "Sorry, I use the one that I have in the fridge").  I do believe in happy baking ^^, don't do anything that you don't want to, the deliciousness will come from your feeling. 
For this cookie, I use the recipe from the magazine but the method for making the print comes from many books in my shelf. Because as the original tell you to press the cookie when half- baked, I find the cookie dough stick to anything that you use (wood or steel, the result is the same), So I suggest you to press the print again after the cookies come out of the oven, but you have to do it quickly before the cookies harden.
I use a measuring spoon to make the print, it makes the print neat and deep enough for you to put a lot of jam into the print.
I adjust the amount of the salt, well, I think the cornmeal is tastier with a bit of saltiness. And at last what may taster say? This time I have new taster, a friend's son, I opened the box of the cookie and saw his eyes sprinkling, and after he finished his cookies, he said shyly that it's the most delicious cookie he ever tasted ^^, and I hope you will feel like that too.

Cornmeal Thumbprints  Cookies

Makes 15

120g ................................ All purpose flour
80g .................................. Yellow cornmeal
1tsp ................................. Sea salt (if using table salt use ½tsp)
115g ................................ Unsalted butter (soft)
100g ............................... Sugar
½tsp .............................. Grated orange zest
1 ...................................... Egg (separated) 
150g ............................... Jam of your choice (I use strawberry and blueberry jam)


Preheat the oven to 180°C
Line the baking sheet with baking paper or silicone baking mat.

 Whisk flour, cornmeal, and salt together, set aside.
Beat the butter and 50g of sugar until pale (about 2 minutes), put the orange zest in and beat to combine follow by the yolk, beat to combine.

Pour the flour mixture into the bowl and beat with low speed until combine, press the dough  with your hand to make them stick together.

 Using a #50 scoop (spoon about 2 tsp of dough and roll into a ball), scoop the dough and place on the baking sheet.
Put the rest of the sugar in a small bowl, lightly beat the egg white, then dip the cookie in the egg white and coat with sugar and using a measuring spoon to make a print (I use ½tsp spoon).
Bake for 15-17 minutes or until golden.

Take out off the oven and using a measuring spoon to make a print deeper (for this time I use 1tsp spoon).
Let the cookies cool on a wire rack. 

When the cookies cool completely, put the jam into microwavable bowl, heat for 40-60 seconds or until boil. Spoon the hot jam into the hole and let the jam cool.

Cornmeal Thumbprints  Cookies: 

Crunchy delicious, need I say more?