Cream Cheese Christmas Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

For the Cookies

• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup of butter softened
• 8 oz cream cheese
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

For the Frosting

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk

Additional

• Sprinkles Decorative Sugar, Crushed Candy Canes

Instructions

For the cookies

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. In a large bowl cream together the sugar, butter, cream cheese, egg and vanilla. Add salt, flour and baking powder and continue to mix until combined.
3. On a nonstick cookie sheet or silicone baking mats, add tablespoons of dough for each cookie. With the back of a spoon gently press down each cookie to slightly flatten.
4. Bake for 9-11 minutes.
5. Let cool before frosting.

For the frosting

1. Mix powdered sugar and milk together in bowl with a spoon.
2. Once cookies are cool, dip each one into the glaze. Add additional sprinkles or chopped up candy canes on top.

Recipe Notes

Makes 48 cookies.
NOTE: If you are using cookie cutters, you must chill this dough overnight before rolling it out and baking it.