Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
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Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
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These cream cheese sugar cookies are light, fluffy, and absolutely delicious! Make a batch, freeze half, and enjoy yummy sugar cookies all year long!
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Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
- 1 ¼ cup sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 3 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ¾ tsp baking powder
- holiday sprinkles
Icing
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 3 TBS heavy whipping cream (whole milk can be substituted)
- 4 tsp light corn syrup
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 3-4 TBS water
- Gel food coloring (optional)
- Sprinkles (optional)
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Instructions
Cookies
- Using hand or stand mixer, cream together butter and cream cheese.
- Add sugar, salt, egg, and vanilla to butter/cream cheese mixture and mix well.
- Slowly add flour and baking powder and mix well.
- Divide dough in half and wrap each half in plastic wrap then refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Once dough is chilled, preheat oven to 375°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper. Lightly flour working surface and dough.
- Roll dough out to 1/4" thickness then cut with a cookie cutters. Place cut dough on prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 8-9 minutes until the bottoms start to brown slightly. Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack to finish cooling.
Icing
- While cookies are cooling, make the icing by combining powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream, light corn syrup, vanilla, and 2 tablespoons water and mix well. If needed, add 1 - 3 tablespoons more water until icing is desired consistency.
- To color icing, use a toothpick to transfer food coloring to icing and mix well until desired color is achieved.
- Transfer icing into zippered bag and cut off one corner, then drizzle over cookies and garnish with sprinkles as desired.
Notes
- Work with half of the dough at a time so that the dough stays chilled and doesn’t get too soft.
- Put the cookies in the refrigerator for 5-10 minutes before baking if the dough gets soft while cutting them out.
- Use a gallon size plastic bag to refrigerate the dough if you don’t have plastic wrap available. Plastic wrap is just a much cheaper option.
- Enjoy cookies within five days or freeze using instructions in the FAQs section below.
- Nutrition Note: The nutrition facts for this recipe are calculated for the cookies only, the icing recipe is included for convenience but if you want nutrition facts for that, check out the sugar cookie icing recipe on its own.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
126kcal
(6%)
Carbohydrates
15g
(5%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
7g
(11%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
23mg
(8%)
Sodium
35mg
(1%)
Potassium
30mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
6g
(12%)
Vitamin A
224IU
(4%)
Calcium
13mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 40cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 126 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 126kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 15g | 5% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 7g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 23mg | 8% |
| Sodium | 35mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 30mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 224IU | 4% |
| Calcium | 13mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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33 reviews
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