Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 1/4 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, combine the sugar, butter, cream cheese, salt, almond and vanilla extracts and egg yolk. beat until smooth.
• 2 stir in flour, until well blended.
• 3 chill the dough for eight hours or overnight.
• 4 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 5 on a lightly floured surface, roll out dough, one third at a time, to 1/8" thickness.
• 6 cut into shapes with lightly floured cookie cutter.
• 7 place 1" apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• 8 bake for 7 - 10 minutes.
• 9 cool and decorate as desired.