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Greatest Grains: Strawberry-lime love bites

Here’s a sweet treat just in time for Valentine’s Day!

Here's a sweet treat just in time for Valentine's Day!

Pastries

1 package cream cheese 8oz, softened

2 sticks earth balance buttery sticks softened

2 cups all-purpose flour

powdered sugar for dusting

Filling

1 package cream cheese 8oz, softened

1/2 cup powdered sugar or to taste

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

strawberry preserves or any substitute

4 drops lime essential oil

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth, light and fluffy.

Add flour and salt and continue to mix until thoroughly combined.

Lightly dust work area with powdered sugar.

Transfer dough to work area and shape into a ball.

Divide into 4 rounds; flatten each round and cover each pastry dough with plastic wrap.

Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

In the meantime, prepare the filling by combining cream cheese, powdered sugar, lime essential oil, and vanilla in your mixer's bowl.

Beat until creamy and smooth then set aside.

Dust work area with flour.

Remove dough from fridge and let rest for 5 minutes.

Roll out each ball of dough to a 1/4" thickness.

Cut into 3 x 3 squares

Fill the center of each square with 1/2 teaspoon cream cheese mixture and 1/2 teaspoon strawberry jam. Use a piping bag for prettier presentation, pipe the fillings one on top of each other.

Overlap opposite corners of dough to the center and over the filling. Pinch seams together.

Refrigerate for 1 hour and preheat oven to 375 degrees.

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