Strawberry Cream Cheese Pastries

• Vegetarian

• Condiments

  • 1 Strawberry jam

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 Powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup Powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract, pure

• Dairy

  • 2 sticks Butter
  • 2 package Cream cheese

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Description

Ingredients

• 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
• 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

Directions

• In your mixers 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 mixers bowl.
• Beat until creamy and smooth. Set aside.
• Dust work area with flour.
• Remove dough from fridge and let rest for 5 minutes.
• Roll out each ball of dough to a 1/4-inch thickness.
• Cut into 3x3 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.