Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

By Sheilapp

Ingredients

• 1 Cup sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3 oz. package of cream cheese
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp Almond extract
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1 egg yolk (reserve white)
• 2 cups all purpose flour

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from beneathmyheart.net

Preparation

Step 1

Blend together sugar, margarine, cream cheese, salt, almond extract, vanilla, and egg yolk with mixer.  Mix in flour until well blended.

Refrigerate dough for two hours.

Heat oven to 375 degrees.  Roll out dough, one third at a time, on a lightly floured surface.  Using a cookie cutter dipped in flour, cut out cookies as close together as possible.

Place the cookies one inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.  To prevent breaking, move cookies to and from baking sheets with a wide spatula or pancake turner.

Leave cookies plain or, if desired, brush with slightly beaten egg white and spring with colored sugar.