Cream Cheese for Christmas Petit Four

1. 1

   Return the Philadelphia cream cheese to room temperature.

2. 2

   Do the same with the butter.

3. 3

   Mix the matcha and flour for the matcha dough in one bowl.

4. 4

   Sift and combine the flour and cocoa for the cocoa dough in another separate bowl.

5. 5

   Mix the room temperature butter with an egg beater until it becomes white and creamy, add in the sugar, and grind it in while mixing.

6. 6

   Add in the whisked egg a bit at a time and stir.

7. 7

   Divide step 2 into two equal portions, and transfer half of it to another bowl.

8. 8

   Add the matcha flour to one bowl of the butter and egg and roughly mix together with a rubber spatula.

9. 9

   Add the cocoa flour to another bowl of the butter and egg mixture and roughly mix together with a rubber spatula.

10. 10

    Wrap it up in plastic wrap once it all accumulates, and let sit in the fridge for an hour.

11. 11

    Use 3 different sized cookie cutters to cut out shapes, and bake in an oven at 170C for 15~20 minutes.

12. 12

    Place on a rack and let cool thoroughly.

13. 13

    Lightly spread with the room temperature Philadelphia cream cheese, and add in the white chocolate melted in a hot water bath a bit at a time, and knead it together while stirring.

14. 14

    If you want to make the cream light, then add in the heavy cream at this point and stir.

15. 15

    Place Step 8 into a pastry bag (it is easy if you use a cup or something similar).

16. 16

    Squeeze the cream on top of the golden brown star shapes.

17. 17

    Squeeze a flat circle out onto the large and medium ones, and squeeze a dollop out on top of the small one.

18. 18

    Stack the together to make a tree.

19. 19

    These are cute enough with a bit of cream squeezed on.

20. 20

    You don't have to stack them into a tree if you'd prefer not to.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.