Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 10 mins

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
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• colored crystal sugar or decorator icing, if desired

Recipe

• 1 in large bowl, combine all ingredients except flour and colored sugar; beat until light and fluffy.
• 2 add flour; mix well. shape dough into 3 disks. wrap dough in plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour for easier handling.
• 3 heat oven to 375°f on floured surface, roll out 1 disk of dough at a time to 1/8-inch thickness. (keep remaining dough refrigerated.) cut with lightly floured 2 1/2-inch round or desired shape cookie cutters. place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. decorate with colored sugar.
• 4 bake at 375°f for 6 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. immediately remove from cookie sheets. if desired, frost and decorate plain cookies.