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Cream Cheese Pastry

Serves:5
CarbsPerServing:21g carbs total Effort:Easy

Ingredients:
Pastry:
3 eggs -- room temp -
reserve 1/2 yolk for filling 1/4 teaspoon cream of
tartar
1/4 cup artificial sweetener
-- heat stable like splenda 1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 tablespoons ricotta
cheeseFilling:
4 ounces cream cheese
1/2 egg yolk reserved from Pastry
1/4 cup artificial sweetener 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

How to Prepare:
Pastry: Seperate eggs
carefully,reserving 1/2 yolk for the filling.
Whip whites till very stiff with cream of tartar.
Mix the remaining yolks,
cinnamon,cheese and
sweetener until smooth.
Fold yolk mixture into
beaten whites and portion
into 6 mounds on a
buttered cookiesheet,make
make an indentation in the top of each roll to hold
filling.

Filling: Microwave cream
cheese until soft enough to
stir into a smooth pasty
consistency.
Add remaining ingredients
to cream cheese and stir
until smooth. Fill each roll on the cookie sheet with
filling.
Bake 40 minutes in a 300
degree oven. Bake until
golden