Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

Sugar cookies with cream cheese frosting, perfect for an occasion.

5 from 2 votes

Melt in your mouth, Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies are a fantastic old-fashioned sugar cookie perfect for cutting out or a simple drop cookie.

Prep Time15

Cook Time8

Refrigerating time3

Total Time3 23

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cookies, sugar cookies

Servings: cookies

Calories: 214kcal

Author: Chuckie Hessong

Ingredients

Cookies

1 cup Butter softened
3 ounces Cream Cheese softened
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg Yolk
½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
¼ teaspoon Almond Extract
2 ¼ cups Flour
½ teaspoon Salt
¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
Colored sugars, and/or sprinkles

Cream Cheese Frosting

2 Tablespoons Butter softened
2 ounces Cream Cheese softened
1 pinch Salt
2 cups Powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons Milk more or less, as needed

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, cream together 1 cup butter, 3 ounces cream cheese, and sugar.
1 cup Butter, 3 ounces Cream Cheese, 1 cup Sugar
Beat in egg yolk and extracts.
1 Egg Yolk, ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract, ¼ teaspoon Almond Extract
Combine the flour, salt, and baking soda; gradually add to the creamed mixture.
2 ¼ cups Flour, ½ teaspoon Salt, ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight. Until easy to handle.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
To roll out cookies: lightly sprinkle flour on your surface, roll out dough to ⅛ inch thickness, and cut with a cookie cutter.
Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Bake until the edges are set but not browned. Allow to cool completely before frosting.
Cool for 2 minutes on the cookie sheet before removing to wire cooling racks. Allow to cool completely before frosting.
To make the frosting: In a small bowl, stir 2 Tablespoons softened butter, 2 ounces cream cheese, powdered sugar, and a pinch of salt until well combined. Add the milk and stir until smooth. Adjust the thickness of your frosting by adding more powdered sugar if it's too thin or a little bit of milk if it's too thick.
2 Tablespoons Butter, 2 ounces Cream Cheese, 1 pinch Salt, 2 cups Powdered sugar, 2 Tablespoons Milk, Colored sugars, and/or sprinkles

Notes

Hint: If you want round cookies, roll dough into ping pong ball-sized balls and place on the baking sheet. Use the bottom of a glass to flatten the balls to ⅛ inch thick.

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