Cream Cheese Cookies – Easy and Delicious Christmas Cookie
December 12, 2020
These cream cheese cookies are so delicious and are very easy to make. They are truly the perfect holiday cookie. All the ingredients I usually have on hand, the only thing you may not have on hand is the cream cheese, but I am a cream cheese nut, and always have it stocked in my fridge.
I love these cookies because they are tender, chewy, fluffy, and covered in cinnamon sugar. What says Christmas more than cookies covered in cinnamon sugar?
If you have never had a cream cheese cookie, you are in for a real treat. These cookies are like a combination of a sugar cookie and a snickerdoodle, but the cream cheese element creates a smooth, delicate finish.
You will first want to set out your egg, cream cheese, and butter until they are soft and at room temperature. This will usually take about an hour or two.
Then you will want to cream together the butter and the cream cheese using an electric mixer until smooth. If these are not completely softened, they will not combine well when mixing.
Slowly add the powdered sugar and beat until creamy and smooth.
Add the egg, vanilla, baking powder, and salt and mix until combined.
Gradually add in the all-purpose flour. When you measure the flour, you will want to make sure you aerate the flour and scoop the flour into your measuring cup as opposed to scooping directly from the container. You can aerate the flour by fluffing it with a spoon a few times. If you scoop the flour directly out of the container, you will end up with too much.
Once the flour is completely combined in the mixture, cover the dough with plastic wrap and place in the fridge until chilled. This usually takes about an hour or so. You do not want to skip this step because it will be impossible to roll the dough when warm, and it will make an absolute mess.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and prepare your baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper.
In a small bowl, mix together sugar and cinnamon.
Using a cookie scoop or a tablespoon, scoop and roll the cookies into balls. Roll the cookies through the cinnamon sugar until completely covered.
Place on the prepared baking sheet about 1 1/2 inch- 2 inches apart.
Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes. Do not bake them for more than 10 minutes. These cookies will not get golden, which makes it hard to tell when they are done baking.
Let the cookies cool for 10 minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer to a cooling rack. This is an important step. If you do not let your cookies cool on the baking sheet first, they will most likely fall apart.
Cream Cheese Cookie
alexandra.mackenzie
Perfect combination between a sugar cookie and a snickerdoodle. These cookies are delicate, chewy, fluffy, and addicting.
In a large bowl or stand mixer, cream together butter and cream cheese until smooth. Then, slowly add powdered sugar and beat until creamy
Add baking powder salt, egg, and vanilla extract and mix until completely combined
Gradually add all-purpose flour until dough is completely combined. The dough should be look and feel fairly sticky.
Wrap or cover dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for one hour, or until chilled
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees, and line baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a small bowl, mix together sugar and cinnamon.
Once cookies have been chilled, remove from the fridge and begin scooping cookies using a cookie scoop or a tablespoon (this makes sure they are all the same size). Roll each ball until smooth in your hands.
Roll each cookie dough ball through sugar and cinnamon mixture until completely coated and place on prepared baking sheet 1 1/2 inches- 2 inches apart.
Bake for 8-10 minutes. Cookies may seem very soft at this point. Take them out anyways, they will not get golden brown, they will set as you allow the to cool.
Let cookies cool on baking sheet for at least 10 minutes. Then transfer them to a plate or cooling rack.
Keyword Christmas Cookies, Cookie, Cookies, Cream Cheese Cookies
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