Baklava and Blueberry Thumbprint Cookies with Lemon Olive Oil Glaze

The idea is original but I got some help from recipes along the way.  I made baklava muffins awhile back and fell in love with the flavor so I wanted to recreate that in cookie form.  I knew I wanted to do a thumbprint cookie so I thought the filling part of the muffin recipe would be perfect.  I combined two thumbprint cookie recipes (one from my archives and one from Sally's Baking Addiction).  The glaze came to be after watching an episode of Unique Sweets.  Love that show!  

So here is the recipe:

1 stick soft butter
1/3 C sugar
1/2 t vanilla extract
1/4 t almond extract
1 C flour plus 1 T flour

Cream butter and sugar in stand mixer for 2 minutes.  Add extracts and mix. Add flour and mix completely, scraping down the sides as needed.  Wrap dough tightly in plastic wrap.  Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.

Make the filling:

1/2 C chopped walnuts
1/3 C sugar
1 1/2 t cinnamon
3 T melted butter

Mix ingredients in small bowl.  Set aside.

Make the glaze:

1 T olive oil
juice of 1 lemon
1 C powdered sugar

Mix ingredients in another small bowl until sugar is completely dissolved.  It will look like this:

Now put all the components together after 4 hours of waiting...

Take the dough out of the fridge and roll it into 15 tablespoon size balls. Place balls on parchment lined baking sheet.  Press center lightly with thumb to make indentation.  Smooth out any cracks that form.  Add 1/2 t baklava filling to each center (I also added 1/2 t blueberry jam to some because I love the flavor combination of blueberry and lemon).  Bake at 350 degrees for 16 minutes or until cookies brown slightly around the edges.  Let cool for 5 minutes on baking sheet and then 30 minutes on wire rack.  Place wire rack over cooled parchment lined baking sheet and drizzle glaze over the cookies. Glaze will eventually harden after a few hours.  Enjoy :)    

FYI: You will have topping and glaze left over so feel free to double the cookie dough recipe, make baklava muffins drizzled with the glaze, or pour the glaze over your favorite quick bread.