A Favorite Recipe for Cut Out Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese

Cut Out Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Recipe

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 3-ounce package cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups all-purpose flour

1. In a large mixing bowl beat the butter with an electric mixer on medium high speed until creamy.
2. Add the cream cheese and beat until creamy and well blended, scraping the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula, as necessary to make sure everything is well blended.
3. Add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
4. Add the egg and then the vanilla, continuing to beat until creamy and scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary.
5. Stir in the flour with the mixer on low speed, just until the flour is mixed in.
6. Divide the dough into 2 equal portions.
7. Wrap each portion of dough in plastic wrap, flatten it out until it is the shape of a disk about 1 inch thick and refrigerate unitl firm (at least 2 hours).
8. When you are ready to bake your cut out sugar cookies with cream cheese, preheat your Heat oven to 350F and line your cookie sheets with parchment paper.
9. Unwrap a portion of the dough roll out on a lightly floured surface (or between two layers of parchment paper) to 1/4 to 1/2-inch thickness, getting it as even as you can.
10. Cut into desired shapes with your favorite cookie cutters.
11. Placed cookies 1-inch apart on prepared cookie sheets.
12. Bake 6 to 8 minutes for thin cookies and 8 to 10 minutes for thicker cookies.
13. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for a few minutes on the cookie sheets before transferring the cookies to wire racks to cool completely.

This recipe makes about 4 dozen 2 to 2 1/2-inch sugar cookies. (If you make bigger cookies, the number will be less.)