Almond Sugar Cookies
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Category
Desserts & Baking
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3 oz. cream cheese, softened
- ½ tsp. salt
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1 tsp. The Spice Hunter Pure Almond Extract
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½ tsp. The Spice Hunter Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 egg yolk
- 2½ cups all purpose flour
Directions
Preheat oven to 375°F. In a large bowl, combine butter and cream cheese. Blend in sugar. Add egg yolk, vanilla and almond extracts and stir in flour and salt. Mix well. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 2 hours for easier handling. Remove dough from refrigerator. On a lightly floured surface, roll out 1/3 of dough at a time to ¼ inch thickness. Cut with lightly floured cookie cutter and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Leave plain or sprinkle with colored sugar. Bake for 8-12 minutes or until light golden brown on edges. Remove from cookie sheets and cool on racks. If desired, frost cookies.
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