Serve this patriotic cookie dessert at your next holiday feast, whether it's the Fourth of July or Labor Day! Our Stars and Stripes Cookie Squares look extra impressive, and Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough makes this dessert a breeze! You can even enlist some little fingers for help creating the flag design.
Stars and Stripes Cookie Squares
- Prep Time 45 min
- Total 1 hr 15 min
- Ingredients 7
- Servings 24
Ingredients
- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough, well chilled
- 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon or orange peel
- 50 blueberries (1/2 cup)
- 2 cups raspberries
- 2 tablespoons apple jelly, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. Line 15x10x1-inch pan with foil. Cut cookie dough into 1/4-inch slices. In pan, arrange slices evenly in bottom. With floured fingers, press dough evenly in pan. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER PRESSING DOUGH IN PAN WITH FLOURED FINGERS.)
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Step2Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Carefully remove cookie from foil. Place on serving tray.
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Step3In small bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar and lemon peel until smooth. Spread over cookie crust. Arrange berries on cream cheese mixture to look like flag, using 50 blueberries in upper left corner for stars and raspberries arranged in 7 rows to form stripes.
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Step4In 1-quart saucepan, melt jelly over low heat; brush gently over fruit. Refrigerate until serving time. Cut into squares.
Nutrition
190
Calories
7g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
29g
Total Carbohydrate
22g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 190
- Calories from Fat
- 70
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 11%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 15%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 6%
- Sodium
- 80mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 30mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 29g
- 10%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 22g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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