Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies
"This recipe comes from a Southern Living paperback called Christmas Cookies. You can decorate these with colored sugar crystals, assorted candies, and or sprinkles if you so desire! I have a fondness for cookies with cream cheese and enjoy these. Sometimes I use almond or anise flavoring. Note added Dec. 2013: It seems improvements are in need so I am making corrections which are my own since I cannot find the original recipe. I am sorry for the mishaps you have had with the given recipe. I may recommend dividing the dough in thirds and working with smaller amounts."
photo by AcadiaTwo
- Ready In:
- 28mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
48 cookies
- Serves:
- 48
ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2⁄3 cup sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 dash salt
directions
- Changes were made to the amount of cream cheese, flour, and the addition of 1 egg yolk. I found this made a delicious cookie. If you like you may add up to 1/2 teaspoons salt. We are sensitive to sodium so I use as little as possible.
- Cream together butter and cream cheese in a large mixing bowl.
- Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
- Add egg yolk and beat well.
- Stir in vanilla extract.
- Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture, beating until well blended.
- Shape dough into 3 balls and chill thoroughly at least 25 minutes.
- Press dough from a cookie press 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets, using desired shaping discs.
- If desired, sprinkle with sugar crystals, etc. to decorate.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until very lightly browned.
- Remove to wire racks to cool.
- May decorate with colored icing, if desired.
- Yield: About 4 dozen.
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Reviews
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Too good to be true! Thought I could make quick x mas cookies with my 4 year old ... What a disaster. Cannot put dough into spritzer -- too sticky... After refrigerating for 2 hours!! Threw out 1/2 of dough. Wish I would have read comments before. So annoyed, I signed up for food.com just to share in this annoying experience !! -
If you are planning on using this with a cookie press then dont bother. Way to gooey even after extensive refridgeration. It was just blob after blob that came spilling out of my cookie press. -
This came out terribly for me. I ended up with a pan full of flat dough. Are eggs missing in the recipe? -
Well, I didn't even notice that this recipe was for a cookie press until after I made the dough. So since I don't have one I made drop cookies and added butterscotch chips to it too. These cookies were very good. Made for PAC Spring 2009.
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