Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup butter, at room temperature
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
½ cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 drops green food coloring, or as desired
2 cups all-purpose flour

Nutrition Info

59.9 calories
carbohydrate: 5.4 g
cholesterol: 10.8 mg
fat: 4 g
fiber: 0.1 g
protein: 0.6 g
saturatedFat: 2.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 29 mg
sugar: 1.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

  2. Cream butter and cream cheese together in a bowl using an electric mixer, add sugar and beat well. Mix in vanilla extract and food coloring. Slowly add flour and mix well to combine.

  3. Fill a cookie press with dough and form cookies onto ungreased cookie sheets.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until edges are set, 8 to 10 minutes, making sure to remove at the first hint of browning.

Recipe Yield

4 1/2 dozen cookies

Recipe Note

These cookies are a family tradition every Christmas in my family, especially in tree or wreath form! The cream cheese gives regular spritz cookies a nice little boost.

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