These buttery cookies are one of my favorites to make  because they’re so simple!  You make the easy, 3-ingredient dough, then  fill with your favorite fruit pastry or pie filling.  Bake, sprinkle with  powdered sugar – and you’re done! How easy is that?

Ingredients 8 oz cream cheese (1 brick, softened) 1 ½ cups butter (3 sticks, softened) 3 cups all-purpose flour 16 oz pie or pastry filling (2 flavors, at least 8 ounces of each flavor) water (or egg white - for sealing the overlapped dough) ½ cup confectioners' sugar

Mix butter and cream cheese. In a large mixing bowl. Beat until thoroughly combined and light and fluffy. Finish the dough. Add all-purpose flour into the creamed butter mixture 1 cup  at a time, until it is fully incorporated into the dough.

Wrap and refrigerate.Wrap the dough in plastic cling film and flatten slightly into a disc so that it chills quickly. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

Roll out the dough. Dust your work surface with an  equal combination of sugar and confectioner’s sugar. Then, roll out the  cream cheese dough until it is ¼ inch in thickness.

Roll out the dough. Dust your work surface with an  equal combination of sugar and confectioner’s sugar. Then, roll out the  cream cheese dough until it is ¼ inch in thickness.

Cut the dough into 2-inch squares or  rounds.

Set them on your baking sheet.

You will want at least two types of filling, I used blueberry and cherry pie filling.

Place a small amount of the filling on each like this.

Overlap the opposite corners or sides and  brush the bottom corner with water or egg white to seal the dough. Pinch  or press the dough together to seal securely.

Overlap the opposite corners or sides and  brush the bottom corner with water or egg white to seal the dough. Pinch  or press the dough together to seal securely.

Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 12-15  minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.

Once your cookies are completely cooled, dust with confectioners' sugar (or just before serving). For more details on this recipe or to find more Christmas cookies visit BakeItWithLove.com