Christmas Cream Cheese Cookies
Sugar cookies with less sugar in the mix, but the frosting gives it plenty of sweetness. Spin on the recipe is to add Cream Cheese in the mix…
Christmas Cream Cheese Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup gluten free or regular flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 stick butter (1/2 cup), room temperature
- 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon almond or vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup glace` or maraschino cherries cut in half (red or green or both)
- 1 cup buttercream frosting, add food coloring if you like
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°, spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray, set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl beat with hand mixer on medium the butter and cream cheese.
- Add the sugar and beat together, add egg and beat together.
- Add the flour and baking powder mix until everything is combined.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refridgerate for about 2 hours.
- Roll dough into 1-2 inch balls, place on cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
- With a cup dipped in water press down the balls to flatten.
- Bake for about 10 minutes, until the edges are lightly golden.
- Transfer cookies to a cooling rack, after cooled frost each cookie.
- Frost cookie and top with a cherry half.
