CREAM CHEESE BISCUITS

I am in love with cream cheese, be it in cakes, cookies, biscuits or anything. Texture and taste that cream cheese adds to any dish is irreplaceable.

Ideally, I would suggest to use cream cheese wherever you'd expect soft texture. On contrary, here I have used cream cheese to make these yummy crunchy biscuits.

In my previous post, I had shared carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. So had a jar of leftover frosting. To make better use of that, whipped that into a biscuit dough and then made delicious biscuits.

These biscuits can be paired with your evening tea/coffee/milk or with a bowl of your favourite fruits or just as is.

Method:

• Thaw cream cheese frosting on kitchen counter if you are using leftover frosting just like me.

• I have used bigger bolder baking recipe for cream cheese frosting. You can use any cream cheese frosting recipe to make these buttery biscuits.

• In a mixing bowl, add room temperature butter and light/dark brown sugar. I have used light brown sugar here.

• Using hand mixer, beat butter and sugar in med-high speed to get smooth and fluffy mixture. You can use hand whisk also but it will take some extra time.

• Scrape down the sides of the bowl in between and it should be ready in 3-4 min.

• Once the mixture is light and fluffy, add in vanilla essence or extract, salt and whole wheat flour. Gently mix with spatula until well combined.

• It should be of a cookie dough consistency. If it's too dry, feel free to add 1 or 2 tbsp of milk.

• Fold in chocolate sprinkles into dough.

• Portion them into small balls and press them into biscuit thickness. You need not be very conscious about size and shape. I like it with the rustic look. You can also roll out the dough into a 1/2 inch thickness sheet and use cookie cutter to get even shape. Top it with chocolate sprinkles or any toppings of your choice.

• Line them on a parchment paper on cookie sheet or baking tray and bake them in a preheated oven at 170 deg for about 20 min or until the sides of biscuits is nicely browned.

Recipe:

Serves 32-35 biscuits

Prep time: 10 min

Total time: 30 min

Ingredients:

Cream cheese frosting - 240g

Butter - 85g

Brown sugar - 70g

Whole wheat Flour - 160g or 1 and 1/4 cup

Salt - 1/4 tsp

Chocolates sprinkles - 1 tbsp (dough) + 1 tbsp (topping)

Milk - 2 tbsp if required

• In a mixing bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Should take 3-4 min.

• Add in vanilla essence, salt and flour and gently mix until well combined.

• Add in milk if the dough is too dry.

• Fold in some chocolate sprinkles or choco chips or any toppings of your choice.

• Roll the dough in between parchment papers and cut them using cookie cutter. Top them with little more sprinkles or choco chips.

• Line them on a parchment paper and bake them in a preheated oven at 170 deg for about 20 min or until the sides of biscuits is nicely browned.