Cream Cheese Cutout Cookies
Source of Recipe
billk54 at rc
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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