Cream Cheese Butter Cookies

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour, sifted
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 ounces cream cheese
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 lemon, rind of, finely grated
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract (optional) or 1 teaspoon orange oil (optional)

Recipe

• 1 sift four and salt, together. cream butter and cheese, slowly adding sugar, and mix well. beat in egg yolk, then the flavoring. dough will be sticky!. chill dough at least 4 hours (overnight is better, though!).
• 2 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 3 roll out dough (on floured surface) to about 1/4" thickness, if using molds. imprint, cut, and place on cookie sheet.
• 4 if not molding/imprinting cookies, make into smallish balls, squash flat with your palms, and place on cookie sheet. prick each blob with a fork.
• 5 bake 10-12 minutes, until cookies are just turning light brown around the edges. transfer onto a wire rack to cool.
• 6 once cooled completely, they can be stored in airtight containers.