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Apple—Cream Cheese Filling

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes enough to fill 1 dozen sandwich cookies

Ingredients

8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 cup apple butter (not unsweetened)

Preparation

  1. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat cream cheese and apple butter on medium speed until well combined, about 3 minutes. Use immediately, or cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. If refrigerated, let stand at room temperature for 20 minutes to soften slightly before using.

Reprinted with permission from Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook by Martha Stewart. © 2005 Clarkson Potter
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