Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

By learen

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 package 3 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 each egg yolk, reserve white
• 2 1/4 cups flour

Preparation

Step 1

IN large bowl, combine sugar, salt, margarine, cream cheese, almond extract, vanilla, and egg yolk. Blend well.

LIGHTLY spoon flour into measuring cup and level off. Stir flour in above mixture until blended well. Chill dough for at least 30 minutes.

HEAT oven to 375. On lightly floured surface, roll out dough, a third at a time to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes with lightly floured cookie cutters. Place one inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. If desired, brush lightly with egg white and coat with colored sugar. Bake 7-10 minutes or until golden brown.