Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
Sugar cookies are an important part of any Christmas or Thanksgiving holiday table because they decorate the table so beautifully, and who can resist a delicious cream cheese sugar cookie during the holidays!
Sugar cookies also play an important role on the “Pittsburgh Cookie Table” tradition. You can read more about that tradition here — > Pittsburgh Cookie Table Tradition.
Since we are from Pittsburgh, PA, we have often been asked to make cookies – and we love these heart shaped cookies to add a little romance to the table!
But we love these cream cheese sugar cookies because they delicious and certainly decadent!
- 4 sticks of butter softened
- 1 package of cream cheese softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4-1/2 cups all purpose flour
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using a large bowl, cream butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add to the bowl sugar, egg yolks and vanilla; mix well. Gradually add the flour.
- Cover and chill for 2 hours or until firm.
- Roll dough out on a well-floured surface about 1/4" thick. Cut out cookie shapes. Sprinkle with decorative sugar. Place on a greased cookie sheet about 1" apart. Bake for 9-12 minutes, depending on thickness and your oven.
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Let cookies sit on cookie sheet for one minutes before removing to wire racks to cool.
Flour is your friend when rolling out the cookies.
Makes about 3 dozen.
Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies are also delicious with butter cream frosting.
Easy Butter Cream Frosting
3-1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar, divided
3 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon shortening
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 to 4 tablespoons milk, divided
Food coloring
Combine 1-1/2 cups sugar, butter, shortening, vanilla and 3 tablespoons of milk in a medium mixing bowl; beat until smooth. Slowly add the remaining sugar; keep beating until smooth and fluffy. Add additional milk if needed and a few drops of food coloring.
Storing Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies:
Store in an airtight container for about 1 week.
Freezing Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies:
Layer the cookies in a container with sheets of waxed paper in between each layer. Simply remove the day before your party, wedding or event.
