Berry Cream Cookie Snaps

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons seedless strawberry jam
• 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream, whipped
• 1 -3 drop red food coloring (optional)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 egg whites
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter, melted and cooled
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh strawberries
• additional sugar

Recipe

• 1 for filling, in a small mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar and jam until blended. fold in whipped cream and food coloring if desired. chill.
• 2 in a bowl, whisk the sugar, flour, egg whites, vanilla and salt until smooth. whisk in butter until blended. line baking sheets with parchment paper. preparing four cookies at a time, drop batter by 1-1/2 teaspoonfuls 4 inches apart onto prepared pan. bake at 400° for 5-8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
• 3 immediately remove one cookie at a time from parchment and form into a tube around a greased clean round wooden clothespin. press lightly to seal; hold until set, about 20 seconds. remove cookie from clothespin; place on waxed paper to cool. continue with remaining cookies. if cookies become too cool to shape, return to oven for 1 minute to soften. repeat with remaining batter.
• 4 just before serving, pipe or spoon filling into cookie shells. dip end of cookie into strawberries and additional sugar. refrigerate leftovers.