Cream Cheese Thumbprint Cookies

Name: Davita
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 24

Diet Types:

CKD non-dialysis Diabetes Dialysis

Portions: 24

Serving Size: 3 cookies

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Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter
8 ounces cream cheese
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup strawberry jam
2 tablespoons powdered sugar

Nutrients per serving

Calories 162

Protein 2 g

Carbohydrates 15 g

Fat 11 g

Cholesterol 32 mg

Sodium 74 mg

Potassium 33 mg

Phosphorus 31 mg

Calcium 38 mg

Fiber 0.3 g

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350º F. Set butter and cream cheese out to soften.
In a medium bowl combine flour, sugar and baking powder.
In a large bowl combine butter, cream cheese and vanilla; beat until light and fluffy.
Add dry ingredients to cream cheese mixture and blend well. Form dough into a ball, wrap and chill for 2 hours.
Roll dough to 1/4” thickness on lightly floured surface.
Cut with 1-1/2-inch fluted or round cutter.
Place 2” apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Press center of each cookie slightly with your thumb and fill center with 1/4 teaspoon jam.
Bake for 10–12 minutes.
Remove from cookie sheet and place on a wire rack to cool.
Sift powdered sugar over top of cookie, if desired.

Renal and renal diabetic food choices

1 starch
2 fat

Carbohydrate choices

Helpful hints

Use any flavor of jam. Try orange marmalade or peach jam for Halloween cookies or strawberry or raspberry for Christmas or Valentine's Day cookies.
An alternative way to make these cookies: Roll chilled dough thin 1/8". Cut cookies with a 2" fluted cookie cutter. Cut a small hole in the middle of half the cookies. Sandwich the cookies together and fill the hole with jam before baking. Makes 24 cookies, serving size is 1 cookie instead of 3 smaller cookies.
After sifting with powdered sugar,moisten your finger with water and dab the jelly portion tomake it glossy again.
Store extra cookies in a covered container or freeze for later.

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Submitted by:

DaVita renal dietitian Jackie from North Dakota.

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