Cream Cheese Butter Cookies
What you’ll need:
- 2 cups flour sifted
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup butter, softened
- 2 ounces cream cheese
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- finely grated rind of one lemon or orange
- 1 teaspoon lemon oil or orange oil
Flavor Variations
Replace lemon with: 1 teas. Vanilla and ½ teaspoon nutmeg or 1 teas. Vanilla and 1 teas. cinnamon
Sift together flour and salt. Cream butter and cream cheese together. Gradually add sugar and mix well. Beat in egg yolk and flavoring. Chill dough well – at least 4 hours, overnight is best.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough on floured surface 1/4 inch thick. Flour cookie mold. Imprint, cut cookies and place on cookie sheet. Repeat.
Bake 10 – 12 minutes till cookies are light brown around the edges. Transfer to wire rack to cool. Cool completely and store in airtight containers.
