Cream Cheese Filling

Name: Cream Cheese Filling
Yield: Makes about 1½ cups (12 fl oz/375 ml)
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 2 oz (60 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature; ⅓ cup (1½ oz/45 g) confectioner’s sugar; 1 cup (8 oz/250 g) cream cheese, at room temperature

Preparation info

Makes about
1½ cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Art of the Cookie

By Shelly Kaldunski

Published 2011

About

Ingredients

⅓ cup (1½ oz/45 g) confectioner’s sugar
1

Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Sift the sugar into a large bowl. Add the cream cheese and butter and, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat until the mixture is light and fluffy, 2–3 minutes. Add the vanilla and continue to beat on low speed until completely combined.
Use the filling immediately or refrigerate overnight.