Cream Cheese Cut-outs Ii

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 7 mins Ready Time: 38 mins


• in a large bowl, cream together the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. beat in the egg and vanilla. combine the flour and baking powder; stir into the creamed mixture. divide dough into two pieces, cover and chill until firm, about 1 hour.
• preheat the oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). on a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8 inch thickness. cut in to desired shapes using cookie cutters and place the cookies at least 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• bake for 7 to 9 minutes in the preheated oven, until bottoms are lightly browned and cookies are firm. remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.