Best-Ever Sugar Cookies
What makes these cookies the best ever? A delicious cream cheese dough flavored with vanilla, almond and a hint of nutmeg that's wonderfully easy to work with. The adorable decorations don't hurt, either! —Christy Hinrichs, Parkville, Missouri
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg yolk, room temperature
- 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
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ICING:
- 3-3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- 4 teaspoons meringue powder
- Assorted colors of liquid food coloring
Reviews
By far, the softest and best tasting sugar cookie I’ve made. The icing recipe goes well with the sugar cookie as well. The cream cheese is the secret ingredient. I did only use 2 c. of flour for the dough, because I do not like dry tasting cookies and I did not have almond extract. I will use this recipe again and again.
This is not a good recipe for cut out cookies. The baking soda in the recipe makes the cookies puff out, and they lose their shape as they are baking. They taste good, but look ridiculous.
This was really good
Nice recipe - made tiny cookies and dipped half in chocolate - just right!
Just what I was looking for. I don't like traditional Christmas cookies and someone made these one time. I did a cream cheese frosting with almond extract instead of the one listed.
I love new ways to make sugar cookies. Cannot wait to make them.
Delicious easy to make, one of my new favorites this will be on my favorite lists..
These cookies have the best flavor.
These really are the BEST sugar cookies ever!!!
LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE THIS RECIPE SO BUTTERY.