Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup margarine
• 1/4 cup cream cheese (4 oz)
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 3 large egg yolks
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract (may increase to 1 tsp.)
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 cream together butter, cream cheese and sugar.
• 3 beat in egg yolks, vanilla and almond extracts.
• 4 add flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. stir well.
• 5 drop by rounded teaspoonsful onto ungreased cookie sheet. sprinkle with sugar. don't flatten. (i use parchment paper.).
• 6 bake 12 to 14 minutes until tops are cracked and just turning light brown.
• 7 cool for one minute on cookie sheet before transferring to rack or waxed paper to cool completely.