Berry Cream Cookie Snaps

Name: Berry Cream Cookie Snaps
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 2 dozen
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

Submitted by looneytunesfan

"These cute cookies are crispy on the outside and light and fluffy inside. You could also bake the cookies flat and serve the filling as a cookie dip if you like."

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Ready In:: 1hr 10mins
Ingredients:: 13
Yields:: 2 dozen

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)
BATTER
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

directions

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.
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.
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.
Just before serving, pipe or spoon filling into cookie shells. Dip end of cookie into strawberries and additional sugar. Refrigerate leftovers.