Cream Cheese Cut Out Cookies

5 from 2 votes

Bake cookies at 350F for 9-10 minutes, until lightly golden brown around the edges.

This recipe makes about two dozen 2.5-inch cookies with 1/4-inch thickness. You can make them thinner, yielding more cookies.

Serving size: two cookies

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Course: Cookies, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cream cheese cookies, cream cheese cut out cookies

Servings: 12 servings

Author: Hani

Whisk flour (3 cups), baking powder (1/2 teaspoon), and salt (1/2 teaspoon), and set aside.
On medium-high speed, cream butter for about a minute and beat until smooth. Add cream cheese and beat until smooth and well combined, about a minute. Then add granulated sugar (1 cup, 200 grams), and beat for 2-3 minutes until fluffy.
Beat in one whole egg, then add one generous tablespoon of orange zest and Vanilla Extract.
On medium-low speed, in three additions, beat in the flour mixture gradually. Scrape the bowl a few times in the process.
If the dough appears too sticky, add one more tablespoon of flour.
Turn the cookie dough onto a lightly dusted work surface. Gather it into a disk,

Roll the cookie dough between two sheets of parchment or silicone mats. Use 1/4-inch rolling guides for decorated cookies. Slide the rolled out dough onto a tray and chill for at least an hour.

Cut out as many cookies as possible. Re-roll the scraps. Transfer cookies onto a baking sheet lined with parchment or perforated mat.

Bake cookies at 350F (180C) for 9-10 minutes, until golden around the edges.
Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for a minute, then transfer them onto a cooling rack and let them cool completely.