Cream Cheese Wontons with Sweet & Sour Sauce

Happy Chinese New Year and the year of the snake!  The blizzard has begun after a slow start with 2" on the ground, heavy snow still falling and the wind beginning to pick up.  Oh joy.  It's a good day to be in the woman cave crossing things off my recipe bucket list and cream cheese wontons were high on that list.  I can't believe how easy they are to make and since these are baked, healthier than the ones that I love to order.  

Cream Cheese Wontons with Sweet & Sour Sauce


15 wonton wrappers
4 oz cream cheese, softened
1/4 tsp garlic powder


Mix together cream cheese and garlic powder.  Using a .5 tablespoon cookie dough scoop, fill half full and place in the center of the wonton wrapper.  Dip your finger in water (once for each of the 4 sides) and wet the edge of the wrapper.  Gently fold over into a triangle shape and press down on the edges.  Place on a greased baking sheet.  When all 15 are made, spray with cooking oil and bake for 10 minutes at 400°.  

Sweet & Sour Sauce

6 oz pineapple juice
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup ketchup
1/8 cup white vinegar
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp ginger
1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch

Whisk together in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until it thickens.

Serve both sauce and wontons warm.