Cream Cheese Thumbprint Cookies
- CKD non-dialysis
- Dialysis
- Diabetes
Portions:
24
Serving size:
3 cookies
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
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.
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
Renal and renal diabetic food choices
- 1 starch
- 2 fat
Carbohydrate choices
1
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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What's everyone saying?
I was told to avoid dairy or severely limit milk products. Cream cheese? Dietitian comment: Check with your healthcare team. Find out why you need to limit milk products. Cream cheese is low in potassium and phosphorus and acceptable for most kidney diets.
Has anyone made these with gluten-free flour?
I would try these with half all-purpose flour and half oat, rye, brown rice, millet, amaranth or whole wheat flour for more flavor and fiber and use an unsweetened fruit spread for the jam. Rye flour and cherry fruit spread would be very Russian while oat flour and apricot fruit spread would evoke a Scottish feeling.
Great receipes! Thankyou!
These biscuits are delish!! I never had two cups of all purpose flour in the cupboard, so i used 1 cup of rice flour and 1cup of all purpose flour and they tasted like a short bread. Very nice. t t
Since the other review found them a little lacking, I added 1/2 t. each vanilla and almond extracts. That gave the dough some flavor. It was warm in the kitchen so I had to chill the dough in order to roll it out. My boyfriend and I think they're tasty. And yes, make your thumbprint deep so the jam won't run out onto the pan.
I just made these for my unit as a Christmas present. There were none left to bring home. I personally thought the cookie may have been lacking a little something but these were easy to make, looked good and everyone loved them. One tip: make sure your "thumbprint" is pretty deep. If not, the jam may cook over the cookie onto your cookie sheet.
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