Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

Submitted by HisPixie

"My favorite sugar cookie recipe! I used 1/2 tsp. almond extract and spooned the dough out using a small cookie scoop. These are delectable!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 3-4 dozen
• Serves: 36

ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup margarine
• 1⁄4 cup cream cheese (4 oz)
• 1 1⁄4 cups white sugar
• 3 large egg yolks
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract (may increase to 1 tsp.)
• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cream of tartar

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Cream together butter, cream cheese and sugar.
3. Beat in egg yolks, vanilla and almond extracts.
4. Add flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Stir well.
5. Drop by rounded teaspoonsful onto ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle with sugar. Don't flatten. (I use parchment paper.).
6. Bake 12 to 14 minutes until tops are cracked and just turning light brown.
7. Cool for one minute on cookie sheet before transferring to rack or waxed paper to cool completely.

Reviews

[Jodi W.]

This is an awesome recipe, I snuck a mini Snickers in the middle. Rolled the in blue sugar. Amazing!!

 

[brian_howes]

Wow! Amazing texture and flavor! These cookies are lightly crisp on the outside, chewy on the inside, and have a sweet buttery flavor! I love the hint of almond flavor. Preparation was so EASY without having to roll out the dough! They're like miniature versions of Mrs. Field's sugar cookies. I beat (cold) butter and cream cheese very well in a Kitchen Aid mixer and beat in the sugar slowly; they cooked with a perfect light color and cracked beautifully. The only thing I did different was to gently roll each dough ball in course sugar before baking (I tried sprinkling it on at first but it just fell off). I prefer having course sugar on top of sugar cookies. I will definitely make these again! Thank you for sharing this tasty recipe!

 

[Don M.]

They puffed up very nicely. I substituted 1/4 c of powdered sugar, chilled two hours before rolling in sugar and baking. Deb says very cake like. I like too.

 

[LUVMY2BOYS]

These were so, so good!! I followed the recipe (used 1/2 tsp almond extract) and used a big cookie scoop but the baking time was right around 11 min still--interesting! Was a great way to use up some cream cheese, too--thank you for sharing!

 

[fizzypop]

These are super delicious. I made these after making another sugar cookie recipe to bring to work. I could have just skipped the others these are the best and were all I needed, no one could stop eating them. Crispy outside, soft inside, these are sooooo good. I used a little more vanilla than almond extract and mine didn't flatten out as much as the ones pictured, but they were still delicious. I've already made these twice and I'm about to make some more right now.