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guava cream cheese cookies

Lily Sanchez's Guava and Cream Cheese Cookies

Lily Sanchez
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 30 cookies

Ingredients
  

  • cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • 8 oz. full-fat cream cheese, softened
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg, room temperature
  • ½ tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp. almond extract (optional)
  • 4-6 oz. guava paste, softened
  • ¼ cup confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Instructions
 

  • Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl, and set aside.
  • In a large bowl, beat the softened cream cheese and butter until both are smooth and combined. Add in the sugar, and beat until the mixture is not grainy.
  • Beat in the egg, vanilla extract, and almond extract. Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients in 3 parts, and continue to beat until the cookie dough comes together. Cover and chill the dough overnight or for at least 2 hours.
  • After the dough has chilled, preheat the oven to 350°, and prepare 1-2 baking sheets with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
  • Remove the dough from the fridge, and using a cookie scoop, make 12 dough balls per baking sheet, rolling them with your hands to smooth out the dough.
  • With the back of your cookie scoop, create an indent in the middle of each cookie. Chill the rolled cookies in the freezer for 5-10 minutes.
  • While the cookies are chilling, add the guava paste to a small bowl, and warm it up at 30-second intervals in the microwave until it's loose and gooey. If it is too thick, add 1 tablespoon of light corn syrup to thin it out.
  • Take the cookies out of the freezer, and spoon ½ teaspoon of guava paste into the center of each cookie.
  • Bake for 15 minutes or until the cookies are lightly brown on the sides and have browned on the bottom.
  • Allow the cookies to cool on a rack. Dust cookies with confectioners’ sugar using a strainer or flour sifter. Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
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