Cream Cheese Pastry Cookies
Cream cheese pastry cookies with a flaky 4-ingredient dough and your choice of filling, like jam, almond paste or sugared nuts. A pretty Christmas cookie.
Servings: 18 cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 1/8 tsp salt
- Filling of choice. Some options include: jam or preserves, almond paste, more cream cheese, nuts tossed with brown sugar and cinnamon. Really, the options are endless!
- Coarse or granulated sugar, optional
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, beat butter and cream cheese together until creamy. Add flour and salt and beat just until combined. Wrap dough and refrigerate at least one hour, until easy to handle.
- Roll out refrigerated dough on a lightly floured or parchment-lined surface. Be careful not to leave the dough too thick. About 1/8 inch thickness is good. Cut the dough into evenly sized squares.
- Place about a 1/2 teaspoonful of the filling of your choice in the center of half the squares. Top the squares with the remaining dough squares and seal the edges all around with the tines of a fork. Sprinkle the tops with coarse or granulated sugar, if desired.
- Bake cookies on a parchment paper or foil lined cookie sheet at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes, until lightly golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.
Notes
This recipe will make about 1 1/2 – 2 dozen cookies, depending on how big you cut your squares and how patient you are with the dough.