Just in time– a simple, sweet tart-like cookie for your Valentine. Shamelessly made with real butter and cream cheese for a silky smoothness that may just knock your socks off. Note the strawberry jam in the middle is seedless. That adds the perfect touch–with no odd crunchiness to deal with.
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Strawberry Cream Cookies
1 cup butter, softened
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Seedless strawberry jam
Directions
~In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. Add flour and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle. I used a round cookie scoop–so I didn’t need to refrigerate the dough to get it into balls. But if you don’t have a scoop then chill the dough.
~Shape dough into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Using your index finger, make a well in the center of each ball; fill with about 1/4 teaspoon jam. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool.
I tried to restrain myself…but it was useless. The boys were eating them so fast, I knew if I didn’t just start chomping, there’d be none left. This recipe makes about 5 dozen cookies, but honestly, while I was snapping pictures they just kept disappearing. By the time I got this shot–there were 6 cookies left. No, I’m not kidding.
Moral of the story is–Don’t bake cookies when all the guys are home at one time–unless you make a double batch…or carry a big stick.
:}
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- Seedless strawberry jam
- In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla.
- Add flour and mix well.
- Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
- Shape dough into 1-in. balls.
- Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
- Using your index finger, make a well in the center of each ball; fill with about ¼ teaspoon jam.
- Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until set.
- Remove to wire racks to cool.
Those look so yummy! Especially since I haven’t eaten breakfast still.
Maybe you could look at them like…a pancake…a very rich, luxurious pancake! :}
They look beautiful–good work mom!
These cookies were so SOOO sooo good! I was surprised at how much I liked them because I was expecting them to be like the other thumbprint cookies I’ve had before… they are SOOO much better! 😀 Nice job!