These delicious little raspberry cream cheese bites are filled with a cheesecake like filling and a delicious homemade raspberry sauce.
Servings: 32
Ingredients
1 box Pillsbury pie crust, room temperature
For The Raspberry Sauce
1 3/4 cups fresh raspberries
1/2 cup sugar
6 Tbsp water
3 Tbsp corn starch
For The Cream Cheese Filling
8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375° and spray 2 baking sheets with a non stick spray or line with parchment paper.
- For The Raspberry Sauce
- In a small saucepan, add raspberries and sugar. Stir.
- In a small mixing bowl, mix water and corn starch until combined then add to raspberry mixture.
- Cook on low for 5-7 minutes until raspberry mixture has thicken. Set aside to cool.
- For The Cream Cheese Filling
- In a medium mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add sugar, egg yolk, vanilla and lemon juice. Beat for an additional 2 minutes.
- Making The Bites
- Unroll pie dough on a lightly floured cutting board. Using a pizza cutter, cut each pie dough into 16 pieces like a pizza. Leave each piece in place.
- Spread cream cheese mixture over each pie dough and then add raspberry sauce on top.
- Take one small piece at a time, roll from the outside edge towards the center of the pie dough (this will be messy but the end results are so good).
- Continue rolling each raspberry bite and place on baking sheets. Repeat process with second pie dough.
- Place both baking sheets in the oven for 20-22 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Remove from oven, let cool for a few minutes, dust with powdered sugar or drizzle with a glaze over each of the bites.
NOTES
Please note that these values can change with different brands and any modifications made to the recipe. For the most accurate information, use a nutritional calculator with the exact brands and measurements.
Source: greatgrubdelicioustreats.com