Cherry Cheesecake Thumbprint Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 6 ounces cream cheese (the kind in a brick), softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 graham crackers, crushed to fine crumbs (about 1/3 cup crumbs)
• 2 cups dark-sweet cherries, pitted and halved
• 3 tablespoons prepared cherry jam (seedless raspberry or red currant may be substituted)
• 1/4 tsp almond extract