Strawberry Cream Cheese Pastry Bites Recipe
Strawberries are the main attraction in a fun pie bite that is complete with a cream cheese filling. Every single bite is pure magic.
Ingredients
Sugar Cookie Crust
- 1-17.25 oz pkg sugar cookie mix
- ½ cup butter {softened}
- 1 egg
Cream Cheese Filling
- 4 oz cream cheese {softened}
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
Fresh Strawberry Topping
- ½-¾ cup strawberries {finely chopped}
- ¼ cup seedless strawberry jam
Instructions
Sugar Cookie Crust
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Combine sugar cookie mix, 1 stick of softened butter and egg with a hand held mixer {or by hand} until you have a thick dough.
- Generously spray each cup of the mini muffin tin. Use a small cookie scoop and scoop a mound of dough into each cup. Press the top of the mound down slightly with your fingers so that you have a level top.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and immediately run a knife around the edge of each cookie to loosen them. Once the cookies are loose, take a tart shaper and create an indentation into the middle of each cookie.
- Allow the cookies to cool and bake the remainder of the dough.
Cream Cheese Filling
- In a medium bowl combine the cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla. Using a hand held mixer, mix the ingredients until you have a smooth filling.
- Put the filling into a piping bag {or Ziploc bag} cut a small triangle off of the end. Pipe the filling into the bottom of each sugar cookie crust. Being sure to leave room for the strawberry topping.
Strawberry Topping
- Combine the chopped strawberries and seedless strawberry jam in a small bowl. Mix gently until everything is combined. This will ensure that the fresh strawberries don't mash up.
- Spoon about a teaspoon of strawberry filling onto the top of each pie bite. I like to be sure that it is covering the cream cheese filling.
- Serve or refrigerate for up to 2 days.