Cream Cheese Peanut Butter Cookies Food

PEANUT BUTTER CREAM CHEESE COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
• 2. Cream the cream cheese, peanut butter, sugars, and vanilla.
• 3. Add in eggs one at a time.
• 4. In a medium bowl, mix together flour, salt, and soda.
• 5. Mix into wet ingredients. Let chill 1 hour.
• 6. Scoop 1 heaping tablespoon of dough onto sprayed cookie sheets. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until edges are golden brown. Let cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.
• 7. I melted some peanut butter chips, and chocolate chips and drizzled over some of the cookies, just to give them a bit of color. I have added chocolate chips to these cookies before.

PEANUT BUTTER & CHOCOLATE CHIP CREAM CHEESE COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat sugar, cream cheese and vanilla together until smooth and creamy.
• Unroll the crescent roll sheet onto lightly floured surface. . Stretch the dough out, I use a rolling pin to do this, then trim the edges to give it a good rectangular shape. A pizza cutter is great for trimming edges of dough. Pinch together seams on pre-cut crescents if necessary.
• Spread the cream cheese mixture over the top of the crescent sheet, leaving a gap at the edge about 1/2 inch.
• Sprinkle your chips on top of cream cheese - press them in lightly to aid in rolling.
• Roll the crescent sheet up tightly and wrap in cling wrap.
• Place in freezer for at least 2 hours it won't get really solid as the cream cheese mix won't freeze hard.
• When chilled preheat oven to 350°.
• Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper (prevents sticking and helps in cleanup).
• Slice the crescent roll into 1/4" slices. They won't keep the precise round shape, but that is fine!
• Bake on prepared cookie sheet for 12 -14 minutes until crescent roll appears golden brown.
• Cool on the parchment paper or wire rack.

CREAM CHEESE PEANUT BUTTER BALLS

Steps:

• Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with aluminum foil, set aside.
• Combine the softened cream cheese, 3 cups powdered sugar, peanut butter, vanilla, and salt in the large bowl of an electric mixer.
• Mix the candy on medium speed for several minutes until the mixture is well-combined and homogenous.
• If the dough appears to be too sticky, add the extra powdered sugar and mix until it is somewhat stiff but still pliable and not dry.
• Using a teaspoon or a candy scoop, form the candy into small balls (about 1inch diameter or less) and place them on the prepared baking sheet.
• Place the candy in the freezer or refrigerator to chill until set, about 20 minutes in the freezer or 1 hour in the refrigerator.
• Once you are ready to dip the balls, melt or temper the chocolate according to your preference.
• Make sure to melt the chocolate in short intervals in the microwave or over a double burner, so that it does not overheat.
• Dip the peanut butter balls into the melted chocolate using dipping tools or two forks.
• Return the dipped balls to the baking sheet, and while the chocolate is still wet, top each ball with a peanut half.
• Repeat with remaining candy.
• Place the dipped candies in the refrigerator to set the chocolate. Store the balls in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.

PEANUT BUTTER CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Mix together cream cheese and peanut butter with mixer until smooth.
• Add vanilla and powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, along with the milk or cream and beat until spreading consistency.
• (I used only 3 cups powdered sugar and 2-3 tbsp. of milk).
• Spread on cooled cake.

CREAM CHEESE BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Sift together already sifted flour with salt and cinnamon and set aside.
• Cream butter and cream cheese together.
• Gradually add sugar and mix well. Then, beat in egg yolk, vanilla and orange rind.
• Next, slowly blend in flour, salt and cinnamon mixture.
• Using any type of cookie cutter or cookie press, form cookies on ungreased cookie sheet 1" apart.
• Bake 12-15 minutes. Let cool-eat-enjoy.

CHOCOLATE-CREAM CHEESE-PEANUT BUTTER BARS (COOKIE MIX)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir cookie base and topping ingredients until soft dough forms.
• Shape 6 (1-inch) balls of dough.
• On ungreased cookie sheet, place balls 2 inches apart; flatten in crisscross pattern with fork.
• Then with the remaining cookie dough, press into 9 X 13 inch pan.
• Bake cookies and base 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.
• Cool 10 minutes.
• Reserve the 6 cookies for topping.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips and butter uncovered on high 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and stirred smooth.
• Spread evenly over bars.
• Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
• In medium bowl, beat cream cheese, peanut butter, powdered sugar and whipping cream with electric mixer on low speed until blended.
• Beat on high speed about 2 minutes or until light and fluffy.
• Spread over chocolate layer.
• Crush reserved cookies; sprinkle over cream cheese layer.
• Press in lightly.
• Refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes.
• For bars, cut into 9 rows by 4 rows.
• Store covered in refrigerator.

PEANUT BUTTER AND CREAM CHEESE SPREAD

Steps:

• Mix cream cheese and peanut butter together in a medium bowl with electric mixer, until smooth.
• Note: this keeps well in fridge for up to a week.