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Apple Cream Pennies
 
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes
Ready In: 20 Minutes
Servings: 70
Another recipe I saved from Yankee Magazine. I haven't made these yet but thought I'd share
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup butter, softened
2 large eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
filling
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup apple butter
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 300
2. In mixing bowl, sift flour, baking soda, and salt
3. In another mixing bowl, beat brown sugar, sugar, and butter on medium until combined
4. Add eggs and vanilla, and beat until light and fluffy
5. Add flour mixture and beat on low until just combined
6. Do not over mix
7. Shape dough into marble size balls
8. Place balls on ungreased cookie sheet, about 1 inch apart
9. Bake 10 minutes (do not let them brown)
10. Cool on cooling rack
11. Filling
12. Beat cream cheese and sugar on medium until fluffy
13. Add apple butter and beat until combined
14. Spread 1 tsp. of filling onto the flat side of a cookie
15. Top with another cookie
16. Repeat with remaining cookies and filling.
17. Note: Fill cookies just before serving
By RecipeOfHealth.com