Recipe and source notes

Cream Cheese Cut Out Cookies

4 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Dash almond extract
  • 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

Make it step by step

  1. In a bowl, blend butter and cream cheese thoroughly.
  2. Add sugar, and beat until fluffy. Add egg extracts; blend well.
  3. Mix together flour and baking powder. Add to cream cheese mixture; mix in until well blended. Divide dough in half and wrap tightly. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
  4. Roll dough out. Cut out into desired shapes and bake on a greased cookie sheet for 8 to 10 minutes at 375 degrees F.
  5. Cool on wire racks

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Recipe source

Adapted from Foodista by Michelle La Clair, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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