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Dairy
Medium
8 Hours, 50 Minutes
Diets 
Flaky, light, and decadent is the way I would describe these cheese crowns. For those of you who have never tasted a cheese crown, you have to add this to your baking list. Yield: 12 to 16 crowns
mini muffin pan
1 and 1/3 cups all-purpose gluten-free flour
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon Gefen Cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon guar gum
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 ounces (1 stick) cold butter
1 teaspoon Tuscanini Apple Cider Vinegar
1 teaspoon Heaven & Earth Lemon Juice
1 large egg
1 (8-ounce) package brick-style cream cheese
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon Gefen Vanilla Extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sour cream
2 tablespoons heavy cream
Gefen Confectioners’ Sugar, to serve
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, two tablespoons granulated sugar, cornstarch, guar gum, and half a teaspoon of salt.
Transfer flour mixture to a food processor fitted with the S-blade. Add butter and pulse until crumbly.
In a small bowl, whisk together the apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, and one egg until foamy and mixture holds together. Add to food processor and pulse to combine.
Shape the dough into a flat disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate eight hours or overnight.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine cream cheese and half a cup of granulated sugar until smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl a few times.
Add the egg, vanilla extract, and one-eighth teaspoon of salt. Mix to combine.
Reduce the speed and add sour cream and heavy cream.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a mini muffin pan and set aside.
Roll out the dough between two sheets of parchment paper, sprinkling with flour if it starts to stick.
Cut the rolled dough into three-inch squares.
Place one tablespoon of the cheese mixture in the center of each square and pinch to form a crown.
Place crowns in the prepared pan and bake 12 minutes, until golden.
Let cool and dust with confectioners’ sugar.
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in israel, what do i use instead of a brick of cream cheese?
Rena says “Either use the cream cheese they sell in Israel and I think it’ll be just fine. Or you can strain sour cream overnight in a thin cloth. It’ll thicken and be closer to the American style brick cream cheese.”
can I make with regular flour? what’s guar gum?
It seems like the guar gum is as a binding agent, since real flour is not used. I would assume if you use real flour you wouldn’t need it but I am no certain since I have never made this recipe before.