Recipes Part VIII: Cream Cheese Cookies (aug 17, 2007)

I recently made these cookies again. I love this recipe. They taste kinda like white cookies, but are made with cream cheese. If you have a good blender, you can add all the ingrediants as listed, and just let it go! I've made these for baby showers (the pics are from one in 2005), bake sales (I like to use heart cutters, or daisies and butterflies), and just for at home. You can eat them plain, add some icing, or dip them in chocolate pudding. Not the healthiest of recipes, but who says we can't have a bit of unhealthy stuff once in awhile!

Cream Cheese Cut-Outs
Ingrediants
1 pkg (250g) cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking soda

Preheat oven to 350 F.
Beat cream cheese, butter, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed till well blended. Add flour and baking soda; mix well.
Roll dough to 1/8 to 1/4 inch thickness on floured surface. Cut into shapes. Place on greased baking sheets.
Bake 10-12 minutes or until edges begin to brown slightly (I tend to do it a bit less than 10 minutes, unless I cut them a bit thick). Transfer to wire rack and cool.
Makes about 3 1/2 dozen, 3" cookies.

These cookies freeze really well! I like to make double or triple batches and freeze them. You can eat them frozen too!