Cherry Cheese Pastry Shells - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen puff pastry shells
2 (3 oz. each) pkg. softened cream cheese
1/4 c. confectioners sugar
1/2 tsp. almond extract
1 (21 oz.) can cherry pie filling
additional confectioners sugar

Preparation

Bake shells according to package directions.
In mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and extract with fork, removing circular top of each baked shell and set aside.
Remove any soft layers of pastry inside shells and discard.