How to Make Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies - A Step-by-Step Guide

If you're a fan of classic sugar cookies with a soft, tender texture and a rich, creamy flavor, then you're going to love these Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies. This recipe takes the traditional sugar cookie and elevates it to a whole new level of deliciousness by adding cream cheese to the dough.

The addition of cream cheese not only lends a velvety smoothness to the cookie, but it also adds a subtle tanginess that perfectly complements the sweetness of the sugar. The result is a cookie t...

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon almond extract
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour

Information

  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 15 mins
  • Additional Time: 8 hrs
  • Total Time: 8 hrs 45 mins
  • Servings: 72
  • Yield: 6 dozen cookies

  • 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.
  • Divide dough into thirds and form each piece into a disk. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
  • When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Cool cookies completely before frosting.
  • Nutrition

    53 cal.

    • Total Fat: 3g
    • Saturated Fat: 2g
    • Cholesterol: 11mg
    • Sodium: 38mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 6g
    • Dietary Fiber: 0g
    • Total Sugars: 3g
    • Protein: 1g
    • Calcium: 3mg
    • Iron: 0mg
    • Potassium: 7mg