Help! What kind of baked goods can I make with cream cheese that don't taste too much like cream cheese? I have a half pound.
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Help! What kind of baked goods can I make with cream cheese that don't taste too much like cream cheese? I have a half pound.
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Two more ideas: A Date and Nut Loaf, the recipe was posted this week on Popsicles and Sandy Feet, http://popsiclesandsandyfeet.blogspot.com/2011/06/twd-date-nut-loaf-my-pick.html (full disclosure: it's my recipe from Baking From My Home to Yours); or the filling for a fruit tart. I don't have an exact recipe for the filling but you beat the cream cheese with as much powdered sugar as you'd like, then you fold in whipped cream. You get a great texture and the whipped cream tones done the tang of the cream cheese. The easiest -- and prettiest -- way to make a cream cheese/whipped cream tart is to spread the filling into a fully-baked tart shell or a graham cracker crust, top with a bunch of fresh berries and then either glaze the berries with a little red currant or raspberry jelly (heat it with a splash of water so that it's easy to brush or drizzle over the fruit) or just sprinkle the fruit with powdered sugar.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Cream-Cheese-Pastry-Dough-101585
I have used it for crostatas( I add about 1 tbsp of sugar when I use for sweet) for pot pie, and for individual vegetable tarts, all with great success. It is very easy to work with as the cream cheese gives it a bit more stick-togetherness. I am thinking about a Peach and Raspberry Crostata now....
It's a little shill-y (ie, every recipe specifies PHILADELPHIA cream cheese in all caps), but the recipes look pretty good!
http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/the-bakers-apprentice-rugelach/