Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies Annettes Food

CREAM CHEESE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cream together butter, cream cheese and sugar.
• Beat in egg yolks, vanilla and almond extracts.
• Add flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Stir well.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonsful onto ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle with sugar. Don't flatten. (I use parchment paper.).
• Bake 12 to 14 minutes until tops are cracked and just turning light brown.
• Cool for one minute on cookie sheet before transferring to rack or waxed paper to cool completely.

CREAM CHEESE SUGAR COOKIES-ANNETTE'S

Steps:

• 1. Pre-heat oven to 375 F. In large bowl combine sugars, butter, cream cheese, salt, extracts and egg yolk; blend well. Stir in flour until well blended.
• 2. Chill dough for 2 hours. 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.
• 3. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Leave cookie plain, or brush with lightly beaten egg white and sprinkle with colored sugar.
• 4. Bake for 7-10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely on wire racks. Enjoy! Leave plain, bake with colored sugar or frost. ***Sugar Cookie Frosting recipe also posted on JAP***

ANNETTE'S BASIC SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a medium mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.
• Beat in the egg and vanilla.
• In a small bowl, sift together the flour, salt and baking powder.
• Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture; mix well.
• Divide dough in half.
• Flatten halves into discs.
• Wrap in plastic wrap and freeze 20 minutes or longer.
• Remove from freezer and let stand 5 - 10 minutes.
• Place one disk on a lightly floured surface, roll 1/8 inch thick.
• Cut with your favorite cookie cutter shapes.
• Place on a greased or parchment lined baking sheet.
• Bake at 325F for 12-14 minutes.
• Allow to cool for a few minutes on the cookie sheet and then remove to cookie racks.
• In a small bowl, stir together the powdered sugar and lemon juice, adding only enough glaze to form a slow sticky stream when you dip into the glaze and let it flow back into the bowl.
• Spread glaze over top of each cookie. Enjoy!

CREAM CHEESE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the sugar, butter, cream cheese, salt, almond and vanilla extracts and egg yolk. Beat until smooth.
• Stir in flour, until well blended.
• Chill the dough for eight hours or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough, one third at a time, to 1/8" thickness.
• Cut into shapes with lightly floured cookie cutter.
• Place 1" apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 7 - 10 minutes.
• Cool and decorate as desired.

CREAM CHEESE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In small bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, cream cheese and 1/2 cup softened butter with electric mixer on medium speed about 1 minute or until fluffy; scrape side of bowl. Beat in egg just until smooth. Stir in 2 teaspoons vanilla. On low speed, beat flour mixture into sugar mixture until well blended. Cover and refrigerate 15 minutes.
• Shape dough into 60 (1-inch) balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are set. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat powdered sugar, 1/4 cup softened butter, 2 to 4 tablespoons milk and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla with spoon until smooth and fluffy. If frosting is too stiff to spread, add additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time. Tint with food color. Using knife, spread slightly less than 1 teaspoon frosting on each cooled cookie; top with sprinkles. Store covered in airtight container at room temperature.

CREAM CHEESE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and cream cheese in large mixer bowl.
• Beat in sugar until smooth.
• Beat in egg and vanilla.
• Stir in flour and baking powder.
• Chill several hours (I would say 3 hours).
• Heat oven to 375 degrees.
• Roll dough into small balls.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Flatten with a glass that has been dipped in vanilla sugar (sugar in which you have stored a vanilla bean) or plain sugar.
• Bake 10 to 15 minutes, until the edges are lightly browned.
• Cool on wire racks.

CREAM CHEESE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine all ingredients except flour and colored sugar; beat until light and fluffy.
• Add flour; mix well. Shape dough into 3 disks. Wrap dough in plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour for easier handling.
• Heat oven to 375°F On floured surface, roll out 1 disk of dough at a time to 1/8-inch thickness. (Keep remaining dough refrigerated.) Cut with lightly floured 2 1/2-inch round or desired shape cookie cutters. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Decorate with colored sugar.
• Bake at 375°F for 6 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets. If desired, frost and decorate plain cookies.