Average Rating: 4.636363TOTAL TIME: Prep: 25 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch
YIELD: about 3 dozen.Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- Colored sugar or finely chopped almonds
Instructions
- 1. Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in extracts. Gradually beat in flour. Refrigerate, covered, 30 minutes.
- 2. Preheat oven to 375°. Using a cookie press fitted with a disk of your choice, press dough 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with colored sugar.
- 3. Bake until set, 8-10 minutes. Cool on pans 1 minute. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts
1 cookie: 90 calories, 6g fat (4g saturated fat), 16mg cholesterol, 48mg sodium, 8g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.