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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 18 |
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Meet the Cook: I've never come across another spritz cookie like this - one calling for cream cheese as an ingredient. That helps to keep these wreaths moist a long time, while also adding a delicious flavor. Our home is on a couple of acres out in the country. We're retired, with four children and seven grandchildren. -Dee Lein, Longmont, Colorado Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened |
1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened |
1/2 cup sugar |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
2 cups king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour |
green cherries, cut into thin slices |
red-hot candies |
frosting and decorator gel |
Directions:
1. In a bowl, cream butter and cream cheese. Add sugar; blend well. Stir in vanilla. Gradually beat in flour.
2. Using a cookie press fitted with star tip, form dough into 2-1/2-in. wreaths on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until set but not brown. Cool on wire racks. Decorate wreaths with green cherry leaves and red-hot candy berries attached with a drop of frosting. Add bows with decorator gel. Yield: about 3 dozen.
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