Cream Cheese Cookies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/16 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup crisco
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• sugar

Recipe

• 1 cream together butter, shortening & cream cheese.
• 2 add sugar, salt, vanilla and egg yolk, mix well.
• 3 gradually blend in flour and mix well.
• 4 use 1 teaspoonful of dough and make into a rounded ball then place on greased cookie sheet (or use parchment paper - works a lot better!).
• 5 bake for about 15 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
• 6 remove from oven.
• 7 grease the bottom of a glass with butter and then dip into sugar - use this to flatten out cookies while they are still hot and leave sugar coating on top.