Cherry Cream Cheese Sandwich Cookies Recipes

CHERRY CREAM CHEESE COOKIES

Steps:

• Using an electric mixer, cream butter and cream cheese together. Add sugar, egg, and almond extract and mix until well combined. Sift dry ingredients together over the mixer bowl; mix on lowest speed until combined.
• Chill dough for at least 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Form dough into 1 inch balls. (Cookies turn out best when the dough balls are tiny.) Roll each ball in the chopped walnuts and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Press a half cherry into each cookie.
• Bake for 9-12 minutes, until barely set and lightly golden on the bottom. Be careful not to over-bake.

CHERRY CREAM CHEESE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat Oven to 375'.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter and cream cheese until fluffy.
• Stir in Remaining Ingredients. (dough will be a bit stiff).
• Drop by rounded tablespoonsful about 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake about 8-10 minutes. Watch them closely and don't let them get too brown.
• Remove to wire rack to cool.
• Yield is approximate.

CHOCOLATE-CHERRY SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth; stir in cherries and extract. Spread 1 teaspoon cream cheese mixture on bottoms of each of half of the wafers; cover with remaining wafers. Refrigerate 1 hour or until filling is firm., Dip sandwiches in candy coating; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper; top with sprinkles or colored sugar. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

CHERRY CREAM CHEESE SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, smash cream cheese up with a fork.
• Combine all the ingredients (except the vanilla wafers) with the cream cheese.
• Mix well.
• Let chill in the refridgerator for at least 30 minutes.
• Top the flat side of 1 wafer with 2 tsp of cream cheese mixture.
• Then top with another wafer to form a sandwich.
• Sprinkle powdered sugar on top.
• Serve immediately.
• Enjoy!

CHERRY CREAM CHEESE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a food processor or electric mixer, combine the flour, cream cheese, and butter.
• With your hands, gather the dough into a ball, flatten it, and wrap in plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to 24 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375-degrees F. Butter a baking sheet.
• Divide the dough into 2 equal pieces.
• Roll each piece out on a floured surface to a 12x8-inch rectangle.
• Spread each with 1/4 cup of the jam.
• Top each with 1/2 cup coconut and 1/2 cup cherries.
• Starting at the longer end, roll each up jelly-roll style. Seal the seam with your fingers.
• Cut each roll into 12 slices.
• Place cookies on prepared sheet.
• Slightly flatten each cookie so they are of even thickness.
• Bake 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.

CHERRY CREAM CHEESE DESSERT

Steps:

• Combine shortbread cookie crumbs, butter, and sugar in a small bowl; set aside.
• Combine cream cheese, yogurt, condensed milk, lemon juice, almond extract, and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat until smooth.
• Add about 1 tablespoon of cookie mixture to the bottom of four 8-ounce canning jars or small dessert dishes. Spoon or pipe in a layer of the cream cheese mixture, followed by a layer of cherry pie filling. Repeat this layering once more.
• Move desserts to the refrigerator to chill for at least 30 minutes or longer before serving.

CHERRY CREAM CHEESE SPREAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, milk and extract until fluffy. Fold in cherries. Serve with bread, bagels and toast. Store in the refrigerator.