Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda,3/4 cup brown sugar,2 tablespoons Butter,8 ounces bar cream cheese,1 cup dried cranberries,3 cups Flour,Salt, according to taste,3/4 cup seedless strawberry preserves,2 cups Sugar,2 teaspoons vanilla extract,1/2 cup wheat germ, about (for coating)
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 F degrees. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, brown sugar, sugar, cream cheese and vanilla extract. Sift together the flour, wheat germ, baking soda and salt.
- Add them to the butter and sugar; mix until combined.
- Place some wheat germ in a small bowl. Using a cookie scoop, portion out the dough(about 1 1/2 Tablespoon) , form them into balls and then roll them in the wheat germ.
- Place them on the cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Make a small indentation in the middle (I use the back of a 1/2 teaspoon measuring spoon) and bake for 10 minutes.Meanwhile, mix together the dried cranberries and strawberry jam.
- Remove the cookies from the oven (you may have to redo the indentation if it flattens out) and drop about 1/2 teaspoon of cranberry/jam filling into the center. Return to the oven and bake for an additional 10 minutes. Cool completely before serving.
