Maple Leaf Cream Cookies
5
Points®
Total time: 45 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 30 min • Serves: 13 • Difficulty: Easy
These sweet treats are decorative, delicious and fun. Plus, they're wonderfully light thanks to light butter and light cream cheese.
Ingredients
Light butter
½ cup(s), softened (1 stick)
Sugar
½ tbsp(s), granulated
Raw egg
1 large
Vanilla extract
2 tsp(s), divided
Table salt
⅛ tsp(s)
All-purpose flour
1½ cup(s), or more as needed
Light cream cheese
½ cup(s)
Sugar
1 tbsp(s), icing
Instructions
1
In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter and granulated sugar until blended.
2
Add egg, 1 teaspoon of the vanilla and salt and mix well.
3
Gradually add flour and mix until a manageable dough forms, adding more flour if necessary to make a manageable dough.
4
Form dough into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.
5
Preheat oven to 375o.
6
Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and roll out to 1/4-inch thickness.
7
Cut dough into maple leaf shapes using a cookie cutter.
8
Transfer cookies to a large, ungreased baking sheet and bake 10 to 12 minutes, until golden around the edges. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
9
In a small bowl, combine cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar and remaining teaspoon of vanilla extract. Mix well to combine.
10
When cookies are cooled, spread 1 teaspoon of cream cheese mixture onto one side of a maple leaf cookie (the flat side).
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