
Lauren S.
Sr. People Success Partner
Lauren is a Senior People Success Partner supporting our Onboarding team. She recently hit her one year with Toast and currently lives in Boston. For her, baking is the best way to de-stress and loves to share recipes with her family, who all live in Sydney, Australia.
Chef’s notes:
One of my first baking memories was making these (also known as thumbprint cookies) with my mum. Not only does it use a relatively basic set of ingredients, but this recipe is incredibly difficult to mess up, so it is perfect to try at home with kids! Another thing that I love about this recipe is that you can so easily swap ingredients out for different flavours. I have listed some variations below!
Variations:
Milk: I’ve used whole milk, almond milk & oat milk before
Filling: Any kind of jam, Lemon curd, melted chocolate, caramel, cheesecake
Other additions: add lemon zest to the cookie dough & fill with white chocolate

Yield: 12 biscuits
Cook Time: 10 to 15 minutes
Ingredients:
225g (8 oz.) self-raising flour
100g (4 oz.) unsalted butter
100g (4 oz.) caster or white sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon of milk
50g (2 oz.) raspberry jam
Method:
- Turn your oven on to 400°F, prepare 2 baking trays with parchment paper or non-stick mat.
- Sieve the flour into a large bowl. Cut the butter into small chunks and add to the flour.
- Rub the chunks of butter into the flour with your fingers until it looks like breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar.
- Break the egg into a small bowl and add the milk. Whisk them together, then combine into the mixture in the large bowl. Press the mixture together to make a firm ball of dough.
- Cut the ball in half, then cut each half into 3 pieces. Cut each of those pieces in half. You should end up with 12 even-sized pieces.
- Roll each piece into a ball and place on the tray, flattening slightly with the palm of your hand. Ensure they are well spaced on the baking tray.
- Make a dent in each bun and fill with a teaspoon of jam.
- Bake the buns for 10 to 15 minutes (depending on your oven). They should rise and turn golden brown. Place on a wire rack to cool before serving.