Cream Cheese Sugar Cookie Cut-Outs
Cream Cheese Sugar Cookie Cut-Outs are made from a dough that's easy to work with. The cookies do not have any baking powder or baking soda, but are tender and light thanks to the cream cheese.
Servings: 24
Ingredients
- 2 sticks 8 oz unsalted butter, room temp
- 3 ounces cream cheese slightly soft
- 1/4 teaspoon salt omit if using salted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter, cream cheese and salt until fluffy. Scrape sides of bowl and beat in the sugar. Beat for about 2 minutes, then add the egg yolk and vanilla and beat just until mixed. By hand, stir in the flour to make a thick dough – it should be moist, but not too sticky. Divide it in half and shape into two balls. Press the balls into discs and chill for a few hours.
- When ready to bake, take a section of the dough out of the refrigerator and roll to 3/8 inch thick on a well floured surface. Alternatively, you can divide the dough into 4 sections, roll each section between two sheets of parchment, and freeze each section. Cut the shapes from the frozen dough.
- Bake cookies in a preheated 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes. The cookies do not spread or puff and they taste great!
- The yield will vary depending on your cookie cutter. Using medium size cutters you'll get between 20 to 24 cookies.
Notes
Note: For convenience, I divided the dough into two parts (as stated above) then set each part on a big sheet of non-stick foil and pressed each part into a big 3/8 inch thick circle. I covered the circles with another sheet of non-stick foil and chilled the big circles for a few hours. When I was ready to do the cutting, the dough was firm and the cut-outs popped right out with the cutters.