Categories: Christmas Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 large egg yolk, room temp
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp red paste food coloring
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tbsp baking cocoa
• 1/2 cup coarse sugar
• Filling:
• 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 large egg white, room temp
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp kosher salt

Directions

1. eheat oven to 300. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, 5 to 7 minutes. Beat in the egg yolk, vanilla and red food coloring. In another bowl, whisk flour and cocoa; gradually beat into the creamed mixture. Roll the dough into 1-inch balls; roll in coarse sugar. Place 2 inches apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Press a deep indentation in center of each with the back of a 1/2-tsp measure.

2. Bake 10 minutes. For filling, beat the cream cheese, sugar, egg white, vanilla and salt until blended. Reshape indentations in parbaked cookies as needed. Fill each with 1 tsp filling. Bake until filling is set, 10 to 12 minutes longer. Remove cookies to wire racks to cool completely.

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