Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

Name: Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 60
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar; 1 package (250 g) cream cheese, softened; 1/2 cup butter, softened; 1 egg; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 2 1/2 cups icing sugar; 1/4 cup butter, softened; 2 to 4 tablespoons milk; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; Gel food colours, as desired; Candy sprinkles, as desired

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Prep 50 min
Total 1 hr 40 min
Servings 60

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This scratch-made sugar cookie is incredibly soft and perfectly sweet, thanks to real vanilla buttercream frosting.

Sep 28, 2017

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 package (250 g) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla

2 1/2 cups icing sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 to 4 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Gel food colours, as desired
Candy sprinkles, as desired

Steps

1

Heat oven to 350°F. In small bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
2

In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, cream cheese and 1/2 cup softened butter with electric mixer on medium speed about 1 minute or until fluffy; scrape side of bowl. Beat in egg just until smooth. Stir in 2 teaspoons vanilla. On low speed, beat flour mixture into sugar mixture until well blended. Cover and refrigerate 15 minutes.
3

Shape dough into 60 (1-inch) balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are set. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
4

Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat icing sugar, 1/4 cup softened butter, 2 to 4 tablespoons milk and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla with spoon until smooth and fluffy. If frosting is too stiff to spread, add additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time. Tint with food colour. Using knife, spread slightly less than 1 teaspoon frosting on each cooled cookie; top with sprinkles. Store covered in airtight container at room temperature.

Expert Tips

Tip 1
Short on time? Use Betty Crocker™ frosting instead of the icing sugar frosting.
Tip 2
Having at least 2 cookie sheets is helpful. When one batch of cookies is finished baking, another batch is ready to go.