Cream Cheese Piecrust

Name: Cream Cheese Piecrust
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons baking powder; 1 large egg yolk; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 Tbsp 1% low-fat milk; 0 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps butter or stick margarine; 2 Tbsps sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cream Cheese Piecrust might be just the crust you are searching for. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains about 2g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 112 calories. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of stick margarine, 3-less-fat cream cheese, milk, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Combine first 4 ingredients in a bowl; beat well at medium speed of a mixer until smooth.

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Bowl

Add milk and egg yolk; beat until well-blended. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup, and level with a knife.

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Egg Yolk

All Purpose Flour

Milk

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Measuring Cup

Knife

Add flour, baking powder, and salt to bowl, stirring until well-blended.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Press mixture gently into a 4-inch circle on heavy-duty plastic wrap; cover with additional plastic wrap. Chill for 15 minutes.

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Roll dough, still covered, to an 11-inch circle.

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Dough

Roll

Place dough in freezer 5 minutes or until plastic wrap can be easily removed.

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Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Remove 1 sheet of plastic wrap, and fit dough, plastic wrap side up, into a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Remove top sheet of plastic wrap. Press the dough against bottom and sides of pan. Fold edges under, and flute. Fill and bake the crust according to recipe directions.

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Crust