Cream Cheese Cutout Cookies
Source of Recipe
Internet
List of Ingredients
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. almond extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
Recipe
In large mixer bowl, combine butter and cream cheese. Beat until well
combined. Add sugar; beat until fluffy. Add egg, vanilla and almond
extract and beat well. In medium bowl, stir together flour and baking
powder. Add flour mixture to cream cheese mixture and beat until well
mixed. Divide dough in half. Cover and chill about 1 1/2 hours or
until dough is easy to handle. On a lightly floured surface, roll
dough to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut with desired cookie cutters.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes, or
until just beginning to brown around the edges. Cool on wire racks.
Frost with Almond Frosting. Makes about 4 dozen.
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