These sugar cookies with cream cheese are soft, chewy, and flavorful. It is very important to chill the dough, as it is too sticky to roll unless well chilled.
Ingredients
- white sugar: 1 cup
- butter: 1 cup (softened)
- cream cheese: 1 pack (3 ounce pack, softened)
- egg yolk: 1 piece
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- almond extract: 0.5 tsp
- vanilla extract: 0.5 tsp
- ¼ cups all-purpose flour: 2 piece
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Stages of cooking
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Beat together sugar, butter, cream cheese, egg yolk, salt, almond extract, and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Gradually mix in flour until dough comes together.
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Divide dough into thirds and form each piece into a disk. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
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When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
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Working with one disk at a time, roll dough on a lightly floured surface to an 1/8-inch thickness; keep other disks refrigerated until ready to roll. Cut dough into desired shapes with lightly floured cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 inch apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
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Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are light golden brown, 7 to 10 minutes, switching racks halfway through. Remove from the oven and transfer cookies to wire racks.
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Cool cookies completely before frosting. AZNEVON
