Apple Streusel Cheesecake Pockets
 
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These absolutely delicious Apple Streusel Cheesecake Pockets make use of refrigerated pie dough and a dead simple cheesecake mixture to create an impressive dessert in no time. They look like they took forever, but you can whip them up in about 30 minutes!
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Serves: 8 (2-3 pockets each)
Ingredients
Apple Streusel Cheesecake Pockets Ingredients:
  • 2 packages (2-count) refrigerated pie crusts (4 crusts total)
  • 1 (8-ounce) Philadelphia Cream Cheese Brick, softened
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg, room temperature
  • 1 can apple pie filling, finely chopped
  • 4 shortbread cookies, crushed
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten with 1 teaspoon water for egg wash
  • Sugar for sprinkling
Maple Dipping Glaze Ingredients:
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1/2 teaspoon maple extract
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Unroll the refrigerated pie crusts one at a time and use a 4 1/2-inch round cookie cutter to cut out as many circles as possible. (I got 5 circles from each crust, for a total of 20 circles.) Lay these out on your prepared baking sheets.
  2. In a large bowl, beat together Philadelphia Cream Cheese, sugar, and egg until smooth. Transfer this to a zip-top bag with the corner cut off. In the middle of each pie crust dough round, pipe about 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons of cream cheese mixture. Spoon a little apple pie filling on top. Sprinkle on some shortbread cookie crumbles. Fold the pie dough over into an empanada shape, sealing together the edges with a fork. (Some of the filling will inevitably ooze out as you crimp, but don’t worry! They’ll still bake up super cute.) Poke a couple of small vents into each apple pie bite with a fork, brush it with egg wash, and sprinkle it with sugar.
  3. Bake the bites for 14 to 15 minutes, or until deep golden brown. Remove to a cooling rack to cool. Whisk together the powdered sugar, cinnamon, water, and maple extract, and pour into a dip bowl. Serve the cooled bites and dip together.
Recipe by Willow Bird Baking at https://willowbirdbaking.com/2016/09/06/easy-apple-streusel-cheesecake-pockets/