Sophie's Kolacky

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 (21 ounce) can apple pie filling
• 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar

Recipe

Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 35 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). lightly grease cookie sheets.
• using a pastry blender or food processor, cut butter into cream cheese.
• in a small bowl, sift dry ingredients together except for confectioners' sugar.
• work dry ingredients into butter/cream cheese mixture until you have an even, mealy texture.
• knead to form a stiff dough. if the dough gets too soft, refrigerate for about five minutes before continuing.
• roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness.
• using a cookie cutter or glass, cut into about 3 inch diameter cookies. keep re-rolling dough until you have used it all. use your thumb to make a depression in each cookie. place a 1/2 teaspoon of filling in the depression.
• bake for about 20 minutes (until lightly golden). let cool on a cookie rack. dust lightly with confectioners' sugar. store in an airtight container