Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup butter , softened
• 1 , 3 ounce
• 1 large egg yolk
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.5 teaspoons almond extract
• 0.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2.25 cups all-purpose flour

Instructions

1. 1

   Gather the ingredients.

2. 2

   Beat together sugar, butter, cream cheese, egg yolk, salt, almond extract, and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth.

3. 3

   Gradually mix in flour until dough comes together.

4. 4

   Divide dough into thirds and form each piece into a disk. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.

5. 5

   When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

6. 6

   Working with one disk at a time, roll dough on a lightly floured surface to an 1/8-inch thickness; keep other disks refrigerated until ready to roll.

7. 7

   Cut dough into desired shapes with lightly floured cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 inch apart onto ungreased baking sheets.

8. 8

   Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are light golden brown, 7 to 10 minutes, switching racks halfway through. Remove from the oven and transfer cookies to wire racks.

9. 9

   Cool cookies completely before frosting.