Desserts

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:12/15/2009

Easy? Making those logs, the dough was sticking to my fingers, and couldn't shape it at all. Just let it hang to get long enough. Ended up spraying the spoon handle with Pam so it wouldn't stick to it. But they did taste o.k.

fitzie2

posted:7/21/2009

These cookies are great. Slicing makes a unique shape and really speeds up the process. I like to make huge bowls of mixed cookies for the holidays and this adds a nice touch of color. It is one of my 9 favorites!

prwdmom

posted:7/2/2009

i love this cookies. friends asked for the recipe and they really tried it and liked it as much as i do.

jahriley

posted:2/3/2009

A little difficult to make, and there seemed to be too much dough, but yummy! I suggest baking them on parchment paper and or a silicone baking mat.

LindsayLBishop

posted:1/22/2009

I made these cookies for Christmas. After reading all of the reviews first before making them, I thought they were going to be good. I found them to be quite dry and they didn't really have that much flavor.

a cook

posted:1/15/2009

Easy to make & really good!

jenetch

posted:12/24/2008

I have made this recipe twice, both times for Christmas. The recipe recommendations I would make are, use parchment paper on your cookie sheets because the dough is very sticky, roll the dough into logs between the palms of your hand in the air not on a counter top (if you do it on the counter top you will need to use flour and too much flour will make the cookies dry), you will need more nuts and jam than the recipe calls for, the dough itself is not supposed to be sweet so if you are looking for a sweeter cookie make the depression for the jelly deeper and add more, the cream cheese makes the cookie moist and flavorful they won't dry out unless you over bake them, I use a spatuala to lift up the log to see if the underneath is slightly golden that is when they are fully baked, also use your finger to make the depression the spoon does not work!!! I have had great results with this recipe and everyone loves the cookies and asks me for the recipe. If you know what you are doing you sho

agantt1

posted:12/22/2008

These are amazing! It's like a cake cookie and strawberry jam all in one! I took them to work and they were devoured! Yum

kmburke12

posted:12/2/2008

These are great with a cup of coffee and also as a breakfast treat.

Baneely

posted:10/15/2008

I love jam cookies, but I think brushing the egg whites on the sides of this one was a mistake. They had a strange texture that I did not like. It was almost rubbery. I don't know what else may have caused that. Any ideas?