Cream Cheese Christmas (holiday) Cookies

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup softened butter
• 3 ounces softened cream cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 1/4 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 mix sugar, salt, butter, cream cheese, almond and vanilla extract, and egg yolk together well.
• 2 stir in flour until well blended.
• 3 chill dough for at least 30 minutes (i've chilled mine a little less than 24 hours but i wouldn't suggest going over that.).
• 4 after you've taken the dough out of the chilled area (sometimes i use the garage) preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 5 on a lightly floured surface roll out 1/3-1/2 of the dough.
• 6 cut the dough to holiday shapes and place on an ungreased pan. (the cookies do not expand very much while cooking, so you can place them close together.).
• 7 here's where you can use the egg ! spread the egg over the top of the cookie and add sprinkle if you would like, or leave them plain and add frosting later!
• 8 bake the cookies 10 minutes (or until they're a light brown).
• 9 let cookies cool completely before adding any frosting.