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Best Ever Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

bsawyer78
By: bsawyer78
Posted 08/31/09 • Last updated 04/20/09 • 270 views • 3 comments

Posted by bsawyer78

Best Ever Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

  • 3 oz. cream cheese (softened) 2 sticks salted butter (softened) 1 cup sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. almond extract 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract 1 egg yolk 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl beat all ingredients except the flour until smooth. Stir in flour. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
  2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
  3. On lightly floured surface, roll out dough to desired thickness. Refriderate remaining dough until ready to use. Cut into desired shaped using lightly floured cookie cutters. Lay 1 inch apart on parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
  4. Bake for 7-10 minutes or until light and golden brown. Cool completely on wired racks. We all know it's bad! ;)

Comments (3)

Pepwei 10/14/09 at 10:29am
can i use unsalted butter instead? and would anyone know if the cookies spread once baked? Thanks!
bsawyer78 10/18/09 at 6:48am
I have used unsalted butter for this, didn't notice much difference. The only time this recipe spread on me was when I added the dough to a warm cookie sheet...so after taking baked cookies off the sheet, I place it in the freezer until it is cool, then place more cookies on it and bake. This seemed to solve that problem!
SweetcakesCT 8/30/11 at 12:54pm
I made these today and they are totally delicious. Even though I overbaked them a bit, they were soft on the inside. The flavor just explodes in ur mouth from the first bite. I did add a little more flavoring than the recipe called for, but not more than an extra half teaspoon or so. I will definitely be using this recipe from now on. Many thanks to the OP for sharing.
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