Easter Sugar Cookies Recipe

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Cream cheese contributes to the rich taste of these melt-in-your-mouth cookies shared by Julie Brunette of Green Bay, Wisconsin. "They have such nice flavor, you can skip the frosting and sprinkle them with colored sugar for a change," she suggests.

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Easter Sugar Cookies Recipe
  • Prep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch
  • Yield: 24 Servings
15 10 25

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • Tinted frosting or colored sugar

Directions

  • In a bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and sugar. Beat in egg yolk and extracts. Combine the flour, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours or until easy to handle.
  • On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-1/2-in. cookie cutter dipped in flour. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Cool for 2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Decorate as desired. Yield: 4 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 157 calories, 9 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 33 mg cholesterol, 150 mg sodium, 17 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Easter Sugar Cookies in Taste of Home February/March 2002, p65

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Reviewed on Dec. 28, 2009 by rosebudh74

These are very good cookies...haven't made the frosting yet for them. But love them the way they are too.

 
 
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