Easy Jam-Filled Cookies

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Our easy bake and slice technique for this classic favorite will save you lots of time in the kitchen.

time

prep:

30 min

total:

57 min

servings

total:

4 doz. or 48 servings, one cookie each

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What You Need

pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

1/2

cup (1 stick) butter, softened

2/3

cup granulated sugar

eggs

tsp. vanilla

2-1/2

cups flour

1/2

tsp. CALUMET Baking Powder

1/3

cup PLANTERS Walnut Pieces, finely chopped

3/4

cup strawberry preserves

tsp. powdered sugar

Make It

PREHEAT oven to 350ºF. Beat cream cheese, butter and granulated sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Separate 1 of the eggs; set egg white aside for later use. Add yolk, second (whole) egg and vanilla to cream cheese mixture; mix well. Gradually add combined flour and baking powder, beating until well blended after each addition.

DIVIDE dough into four equal pieces. Roll each piece into 12x1-inch log; place, 2 inches apart, on large ungreased baking sheet. Use handle of wooden spoon or fingers to make depression down length of each log, about 1/2 inch wide and 1/2 inch deep. Beat reserved egg white with fork; brush over dough. Sprinkle with walnuts. Fill depressions with preserves, using about 3 Tbsp. preserves in each log.

BAKE 25 to 27 min. or until edges are lightly browned. Transfer to wire racks; cool slightly. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cut each log into 12 diagonal slices.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Substitute

Substitute your favorite flavor of preserves!

Note

Butter is the preferred choice in this recipe for true buttery flavor, but you can also prepare the recipe with margarine. Stock up when butter is on sale and freeze it in its original carton placed in a freezer-weight resealable bag for up to 4 months.

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a cook

posted:11/6/2007

I really loved this recipe, and whoever tasted it liked it too, I will make it again and again. thank you very much for your tasty receipes.

a cook

posted:11/4/2007

I had a difficult time with this recipe. It was so sticky that I added 1/3 c of flour to the dough. It was still sticky so I floured my hands, and the rolling board. The clean-up was hugamungous. I think the word "Easy" is a misnomer. I like the idea of chilling the dough before rolling it. But, since the taste didn't equal the work; I probably won't make it again.

2tired2go21

posted:11/1/2007

What a fun recipe to make with my niece and nephew...we had apricot, strawberry, raspberry and blackberry cookies. We packed them up and sent some to family serving their church.

Noodle2820

posted:11/1/2007

I made these for a Christmas Cookie Exchange at my Church and they were a Huge HIT. Everyone was asking for the recipe, and they were very easy to make. I even let my four year old help add the Raspberry jam, and the Strawberry jam (I doubled the recipe). I also made a drizzle out of the powdered sugar to make a zig-zag pattern across the tops of the cookies, they looked Great! and Tasted Wonderful.

mclindanm

posted:11/1/2007

A few techniques I used made it easier: chilled the dough in the frig approx 1 hr (this enabled better forming of the 'logs'; m'waved the seedless preserves to liquify, which made it easier to put it in the channels; and sprinkled the chopped walnuts AFTER putting in the preserves.