Ingredients

• 54 g Tree Top Apple Flake Powder
• 62 g Tree Top Applesauce
• 341 g salted butter, softened
• 180 g confectioners’ sugar
• 13 g vanilla
• 4 g almond flavoring
• 375 g flour

Filling

• 185 g Tree Top Blackberry Puree
• 218 g Tree Top 32 Mesh Apple Flake Powder
• 19 g Northwest Naturals Mixed Berry Flavoring
• 237 g water
• 83 g pear
• 164 g corn syrup

Directions

Cream butter in a medium bowl at medium speed. Add confectioners’ sugar and apple flake powder and beat until smooth. Add applesauce, vanilla and almond flavoring, mix until creamy. Scrape bowl. Add flour and mix at low speed until thoroughly combined.

Gather dough into two balls and flatten to disks. Wrap dough tightly in plastic wrap or place in an airtight plastic bag. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm.

Preheat oven to 325 F.

Using a floured rolling pin, roll dough on floured suface to a little less than ¼” thickness. Cut out 2-inch rounds with cookie cutter or inverted glass. Repeat until all dough is used. Be careful not to overwork the dough. Place cookies on ungreased cookie sheet, ½” apart. Bake 14 minutes or until firm. Transfer to cool, flat surface with spatula.

Filling:

Mix all ingredients together and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to a simmer, continuing to stir, until thick consistency is reached. Cool.

When cookies and filling have cooled completely, spread ½ teaspoon of filling on one cookie and top with another.

Makes approximately 2 dozen cookies.