Mascarpone Kolache Cookies

Mascarpone Kolache Cookies are an excellent choice for Christmas cookie trays.

Yield: 2 dozen cookies

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) container Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics Mascarpone cheese
• 1/4 cup apricot preserves
• 1/4 cup strawberry preserves
• Confectioners’ sugar

Instructions

1. Combine flour and salt in a bowl.
2. Beat butter and mascarpone in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Gradually add flour mixture; beat until combined.
3. Shape dough into a disk; wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
4. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
5. Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to a 15 x 10 inch rectangle, about an 1/8 inch thick. Cut into 24 (2 1/2 inch) squares. Place 1 inch apart on parchment-lined cookie sheets. Place heaping 1/2 teaspoon apricot preserves into the center of half of the squares. Repeat step with strawberry preserves. Fold opposite corners of dough over preserves; pinch tightly at center to seal.
6. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until golden brown.
7. Let stand for 5 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
8. Dust with confectioners’ sugar.

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin