Pastry Puffs W/sweet Cheese Filling

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup butter, cold, cut up
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 egg yolk
• powdered sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice or 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind

Recipe

• 1 position knife blade in food processor. add flour and butter and pulse 4 or 5 timestil mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 2 add sour cream and egg.
• 3 process til dough forms a ball and leaves sides of bowl.
• 4 divide in half, wrap with plastic wrap, and chill 6-8 hours.
• 5 roll out each ball of pastry on a lightly floured surface to an 1/8" thickness.
• 6 cut pastry into 3" squares.
• 7 gently press each square into a 1 3/4" muffin pan leaving corners extending beyond edge.
• 8 spoon 1 teaspoons filling into each prepared shell.
• 9 fold corners over filling and pinch together at the top.
• 10 chill 30 minutes.
• 11 bake at 375º for 20-25 minutes.
• 12 remove from pan and cool on wire rack.
• 13 sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• 14 cheese filling:.
• 15 to make the cheesecake-like filling, beat all ingredients at medium speed til smooth and fluffy.