Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (2 each)
  • Calories:
  • 178
  • Fat:
  • 12 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 7 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 32 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 117 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 16 g
  • Fiber:
  • 0 g
  • Protein:
  • 2 g


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Meet the Cook: I've never come across another spritz cookie like this - one calling for cream cheese as an ingredient. That helps to keep these wreaths moist a long time, while also adding a delicious flavor. Our home is on a couple of acres out in the country. We're retired, with four children and seven grandchildren. -Dee Lein, Longmont, Colorado

SERVINGS: 18

CATEGORY: Dessert

METHOD: Baked

TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • Green cherries, cut into thin slices
  • Red-hot candies
  • Frosting and decorator gel

Directions:

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and cream cheese. Add sugar; blend well. Stir in vanilla. Gradually beat in flour.
    Using a cookie press fitted with star tip, form dough into 2-1/2-in. wreaths on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until set but not brown. Cool on wire racks. Decorate wreaths with green cherry "leaves" and red-hot candy "berries" attached with a drop of frosting. Add bows with decorator gel. Yield: about 3 dozen.


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