Taste of Home
Holly Wreaths
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
YIELD: about 3 dozen.
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. —Dee Lein, Longmont, Colorado
Ingredients
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1 cup butter, softened
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3 ounces cream cheese, softened
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1/2 cup sugar
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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Green candied cherries, thinly sliced
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Red Hots
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Decorating icing
Directions
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1.
Preheat oven to 375°. Cream butter and cream cheese. Add sugar; beat until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla. Gradually beat in flour.
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2.
Using a cookie press fitted with a star piping tip, shape dough into 2-1/2-in. wreaths 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until set (do not brown), 8-10 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
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3.
Decorate with green cherry pieces for leaves and Red Hots for berries. Use red decorating icing to form bows and adhere candy to wreaths.
Nutrition Facts
1 cookie: 90 calories, 6g fat (4g saturated fat), 16mg cholesterol, 48mg sodium, 8g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
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