Cream Cheese Gems Recipes

JELL-O® GEM COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat first 4 ingredients in large bowl with mixer until blended. Mix flour, dry gelatin mix and baking soda; gradually add to cream cheese mixture, mixing well after each addition. Refrigerate 30 min.
• Heat oven to 375ºF. Roll dough into 60 (1-inch) balls. Place, 2 inches apart, on baking sheets sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 9 to 11 min. or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets 2 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar just before serving.

CREAM CHEESE GEMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In large bowl beat cream cheese, butter, egg yolk and vanilla extract.
• Blend in dry cake mix 1/3 at a time.
• Blend the last 1/3 in by hand.
• Mix in raisins, coconut and walnuts.
• Drop by level tablespoons onto greased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 15 minutes or until lightly brown.

LEMON GEM MUFFINS WITH CREAM CHEESE

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk together the flour, the baking soda, the salt, and the sugar. In another bowl whisk together the eggs, the lemon juice, the butter, and the vanilla, add the egg mixture to the flour mixture, and stir the batter until it is just combined. Divide the batter among 24 buttered 1/8-cup muffin tins and bake the muffins in the upper third of a preheated 400°F. oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Turn the muffins out onto a rack, let them cool, and serve them with the cream cheese and the papaya in cinnamon syrup.