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Strawberry-Filled Cookies
I dress these cookies with green sugar sprinkles and strawberry jam to look like Christmas. The jam can be varied for different tastes and occasions.Jennifer Eits, Omaha, Nebraska
60 Servings
Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
Ingredients
2/3 cup butter, softened
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons coarse sugar
1 cup strawberry jam
Directions
In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light
and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking
powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
Place coarse sugar in a shallow bowl. Roll dough into 1-in. balls;
roll in sugar. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Using
the end of a wooden spoon handle, make a 1/2-in. indentation in the
center of each ball.
Bake at 375° for 9-11 minutes or until set. Press again into
indentation with spoon handle. Remove to wire racks to cool. Spoon
about 3/4 teaspoon strawberry jam into each cookie. Yield: about 5
dozen.
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Nutrition Facts:
1 cookie equals 86 calories, 3 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 11 mg cholesterol, 51 mg sodium, 15 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.
Diabetic Exchanges:
1 starch, 1/2 fat.
© Taste of Home 2013