Filled Crescent Cookies

12/19/2015

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These are one of our Green family favourite Christmas cookies. They are basically a sugar/butter cookie made with cream cheese and filled with chocolate and/or nuts; they are particularly good with mint chocolate. A chocolate drizzle or royal icing are great additions too, for a sweet tooth.

Ingredients

Method

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) Butter or margarine, softened
1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar

1 cup brown rice flour
1/2 cup arrowroot powder
1/2 cup potato flour (or 1/4 cup potato flour and 1/4 cup coconut flour)
1/4 tsp salt

1 cup mini chocolate chips

2 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

In a large bowl electric miser at medium speed, beat butter, cream cheese, and sugar until light and fluffy; with mixer at low speed beat in flour and salt and blend well. Flatten dough into disk shape; refrigerate wrapped in plastic, 30 minutes. Work with one fourth dough at a time, keeping remainder refrigerated. Preheat oven to 350F. On lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8 inch thickness; cut into 2 1/2 inch scalloped rounds. Place 3/4 teaspoon of mini chocolate chips on one half of each round. Brush edges of rounds with water; fold in half; press edges together to seal. Bake 10 to 12 minutes. Glaze with royal icing and/or drizzle with melted semisweet chocolate. Makes about 5 dozen.