Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies, Recipe

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Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

Makes about 60

1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup softened butter
3 ouncese cream cheese, softened
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg yolk (reserve white)
2-1/4 cup all-purpose flour

In large bowl combine sugars, butter, cream cheese, salt, extracts and egg yolk; blend well. Stir in flour until well blended. Chill dough for 2 hours. Pre-heat oven to 375 F. On lightly floured surface, roll out dough, one-third at a time to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into
desired shaped with lightly floured cookie cutter. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Leave cookie plain, or brush with lightly beaten egg white and sprinkle with colored sugar. Bake for 7-10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely on wire racks.

Note: Posted by "Kathy S." to the now-defunct Holiday Cookie Club at Epicurious.com.

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A cookie baker Apr 4, 2010
Would make this again.
Would make these again as they tasted great, but would not make these again as a cut out cookie, dough was too soft and sticky. Could roll it out but not use a cookie cutter. Cookies stuck to the surface and could not be lifted without tearing them up. I ended up just rolling the dough in a 1 inch balls and then flatening them with my hand as they even stuck to the bottom of a glass. I then sprinkled them with sugar. They tasted wonderful and would make them again, but not as a cut-out cookie. three stars

Apr 3, 2010
Would make this again.
I have been making this recipe for about 10 yrs. Its awesome...yes it is very moist and sticky, but if you let it sit for a couple hours and use flour, it will be fine. Great cut out cookie if you like them soft.If you like harder crunchy cookies, make something different. I make this every yr and everyone loves them better than any other cut out! five stars

Rebekah Mar 9, 2010
Would make this again.
Best cookies ever!!!! We make them for Christmas and just recently made them for my daughter's 1st birthday. They were a HUGE hit and some of the guests thought they came from a high end bakery in town!! five stars

Christmas Baker in Midwest Dec 25, 2009
Would make this again.
Overall, a great and tasty cookie recipe for the holidays!

The dough was very sticky, and at first I couldn't work with it. I added an extra 1/4 cup of flour and *liberally* floured the table and rolling pin, and it finally became dry enough to work with. Cream cheese frosting and sprinkles rounded out these delicious treats! four stars

Castiza in Pacific Northwest Dec 24, 2009
Would make this again.
Made these last year, adapted slightly by not including egg yolk & will do so again. Extra flour helped in our damp environment :) and cut round and iced, they made fantastic holiday sandwich sugar cookies. To the person with disappointed guests: I'm sorry! Yikes, what kind of guests have such appalling manners as to comment that they were disappointed?! How rude! five stars

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