Cream cheese sugar cookies

6 Dozen

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
-Sue Woodward
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Butter; or margarine, softnd
1 pack 3-oz. cream cheese; softened
½ teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Almond extract
½ teaspoon Vanilla
1 Egg yolk
2 cups Flour
3 tablespoons Colored sugar; if desired

Directions

In lg. bowl, combine sugar, butter, cream cheese, salt, almond extract, vanilla, and egg yolk; blend well. Stir in flour until well blended. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate 2 hrs. for easier handling.

Heat oven to 375~. On lightly floured surface, roll out dough ⅓ at a time to ⅛" thickness. (Keep remaining dough refrigerated).

Cut into desired shapes with lightly floured 2⅒/2" cookie cutters.

Place 1" apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Leave cookies plain or, if desired, sprinkle with colored sugar. Bake at 375~ for 7 to 10 mins. or until light golden brown. Immediately remove cookie sheets; cool completely. If desired, frost and decorate plain cookies.

Per cookie - 50 cal (25 cal from fat), 3 g tot fat (2 g sat fat), 10 mg chol, 45 mg sod, 6 g carbo (-0- g fiber, 3 g sugars), 1 g pro Source - Pillsbury Classic Cookbooks, 12/95

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