Soft, flaky and delicious cream cheese dough filled with a sweet cream cheese mixture and strawberry jam.
Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 11 mins
Total Time 41 mins
Servings: 26
Ingredients
For the Pastries
- 1 package (8-ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 2 sticks (16 tablespoons or 226 grams) butter, softened
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- powdered sugar for dusting
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
For the Filling
- 1 package (8-ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar, or to taste (if you prefer it sweeter, add more)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- strawberry jam
Instructions
- In your mixer’s bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth, light and fluffy.
- Add flour and salt and continue to mix until thoroughly combined.
- Lightly dust work area with powdered sugar.
- Transfer dough to work area and shape into a ball.
- Divide it into 4 rounds; flatten each round and cover each pastry dough with plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- In the meantime, prepare the filling by combining cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla in your mixer’s bowl.
- Beat until creamy and smooth. Set aside.
- Dust work area with flour.
- Remove dough from the fridge and let rest for 5 minutes.
- Roll out each ball of dough to a 1/4-inch thickness.
- Cut into 3×3 squares.
- Fill the center of each square with 1/2-teaspoon cream cheese mixture and 1/2 teaspoon strawberry jam. For a prettier presentation, using a pastry bag, you can pipe the fillings, one on top of the other.
- Overlap opposite corners of dough to the center and over the filling. Pinch seams together.
- Refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Bake 10 to 11 minutes, or until edges are browned.
- Cool completely.
- Serve.