Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

These are great because they are so easy, and they don't take much time. I love sugar cookies, and adding the cream cheese gives it twist.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 36

Ingredients

• 1  cup unsalted butter, softened
• 8  ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1  egg
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 3  cups flour
• 1  teaspoon baking powder

Directions

1. Cream butter and cream cheese in large mixer bowl.
2. Beat in sugar until smooth.
3. Beat in egg and vanilla.
4. Stir in flour and baking powder.
5. Chill several hours (I would say 3 hours).
6. Heat oven to 375 degrees.
7. Roll dough into small balls.
8. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
9. Flatten with a glass that has been dipped in vanilla sugar (sugar in which you have stored a vanilla bean) or plain sugar.
10. Bake 10 to 15 minutes, until the edges are lightly browned.
11. Cool on wire racks.