Cream cheese sugar cookies with vanilla buttercream
By Lizzie on October 19, 2016
I am a huge lover of cream cheese. If I can find a way to fit it into a recipe, I’m going to do it! These cream cheese sugar cookies are so simple, yet so incredibly delicious. All of my friends and family absolutely love them, and it is one of my most requested cookie recipes. You can eat them plain, frost them with buttercream, or put buttercream between two of them to make a scrumptious sandwich cookie. They are slightly tangy with a rich hint of vanilla. It is quite simply the perfect cookie!
Cream cheese sugar cookies with vanilla buttercream
Yield: about 18 cookies Prep time: 15 minutes Bake time: 7 - 10 minutes
Ingredients
1 cup white sugar
1 cup unsalted softened butter
1 – 3 ounce package of softened cream cheese
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon Madagascar vanilla
1 egg yolk
2 and 1/4 cups all purpose flour
Vanilla Buttercream
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
4 cups powdered sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
2-4 tablespoons half and half
Directions
In a large mixing bowl, combine the sugar, butter, cream cheese, salt, vanilla and egg yolk. Beat until smooth. Stir in flour until blended, but do not over beat. Chill the dough for several hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
On a lightly floured surface, roll chilled dough to about 1/4 to 1/8″ thickness. It helps to divide the dough into two and keep one in the fridge while you are working with the other. I like a thicker cookie, so I go with the 1/4″ inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes, or if going to frost or fill them, cut into 2 or 3″ circles. Place an inch apart on a Silpat or parchment lined cookie sheet.
Bake for 7 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. They should be lightly golden brown around the edges. Cool completely before frosting or filling.
While the cookies are cooling, make the buttercream:
In your stand mixer, place the butter and confectioners sugar. Add the vanilla and slowly add the powdered sugar. Add the half and half until you get a nice spreadable consistency.
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