That's the way the holiday...ends? Christmas is over. But New Year's isn't! And anytime is a good time for sugar cookies.
These are an exceptionally nice cookie for decorating, because they don't spread much at all and the dough is easy to work with. In fact, I just made some today for my daughter to share on her playdate. Because we were short on time we just sprinkled the dough with colored sugar before baking and then piped them with a little melted white chocolate. They turned out pretty cute, don't you think?
Because these have cream cheese in the dough, they have a really nice flavor...but a much better flavor on the next day, if they last that long!
Cream Cheese Cut Out Sugar Cookies
1 cup butter, softened
3 ounces of cream cheese (small package)
1 cup sugar
1 large egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 and 1/2 cups flour
-Cream butter and cream cheese, then add the sugar, egg yolk and vanilla.
-Add the flour last and mix well.
-Chill the dough for 2 hours or overnight.
-Roll out the chilled dough to about 1/4 inch thick. Cut into desired shapes.
-Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes, or until cookies begin to lightly brown on the bottom.
-Cool and decorate.
