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Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Nov 29, 2010
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Dessert ready in 45 minutes! Try homemade cookies with cream cheese frosting in a distinctive way - a delicious treat.

Create-A-Cookie Tarts

  • Prep Time 30 min
  • Total 45 min
  • Servings 30
  • Ingredients 13
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Ingredients

Cookies

  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) margarine, or butter soft enough to spread
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 3 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, soft enough to spread
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Toppings (sliced fresh fruit, chopped nuts, small candy pieces, shredded coconut, candy sprinkles)
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat the oven to 375°. Crack the egg on side of the large bowl, letting egg slip into bowl. Add the 2 cups sugar, shortening, margarine and 2 teaspoons vanilla to egg. Stir with the wooden spoon until mixed.
  • Step 
    2
    Add the 3 1/2 cups flour, baking powder and salt to sugar mixture. Stir until mixed. (If dough is very soft, cover it with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.)
  • Step 
    3
    Sprinkle the 2 tablespoons flour over a clean surface (such as a kitchen counter or breadboard). Put dough on surface. Divide dough in half. Roll half of dough at a time, using rolling pin, until 1/4 inch thick. Use the ruler to measure, if you like.
  • Step 
    4
    Dip the cookie cutter into a small amount of flour, then cut the dough with the cookie cutter. Put cookies 2 inches apart on the cookie sheet (you do not need to grease the cookie sheet).
  • Step 
    5
    Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies are light brown. Use the pot holders to take cookie sheet out of oven. Cool cookies on cookie sheet for 1 minute. Take cookies off cookie sheet, using the pancake turner. Cool cookies on the wire cooling rack before frosting them.
  • Step 
    6
    While the cookies are cooling, make the Cream Cheese Frosting by putting the cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla in the small bowl. Stir with the wooden spoon until smooth and creamy.
  • Step 
    7
    Spread about 2 teaspoons of the frosting over each cookie, using the table knife or spatula. Top with your favorite toppings. Cover any leftover cookies with plastic wrap, and put them in the refrigerator.

Nutrition

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