Hungarian Cream Cheese Cookies With Prune Lekvar

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup butter
• 1 (8 ounce) jar prune jam

Recipe

• 1 cream together the cream cheese and butter.
• 2 to this, add the flour - in small portions by hand.
• 3 when it comes together, turn over on a lightly floured surface and add the rest of the flour to form a dough (it will be soft - but it should be smooth)
• 4 refrigerate for about 1 hour.
• 5 roll out to about 1/4 inch thick on a floured surface.
• 6 cut into squares about 2 x 2 and fill center with about 1/4 tsp of the lekvar.
• 7 bring together opposite corners and pinch and fold over.
• 8 bake on a lightly greased baking sheet for about 15 - 20 minutes until lite gold at 350f (be careful not to let them burn).
• 9 while still warm, role in powdered sugar and let cool.
• 10 once cooled, repeat the powdered sugar coating once more.
• 11 you can use any flavor lekvar or even an almond paste.
• 12 it just has to be really thick so it doesn't run while baking.