Cream Cheese Cookies
Soft cream cheese cookies easy to make and almost impossible to resist. With their tender texture and creamy flavor, these cookies are perfect for any occasion, but we really love them at Christmas!
Cream Cheese Cookies are soft, melt-in-your-mouth cookie made with cream cheese for a rich, tangy flavor and tender texture. Perfectly sweet and versatile, they pair beautifully with a dusting of powdered sugar or a touch of frosting.
While these LOOK like Russian Teacakes or Mexican Wedding Balls they’re definitely NOT. Typically those cookies don’t have eggs in them, so they’re dry and don’t spread. These cookies are not your dry crumbly teacake.
Cream Cheese Cookies have cream cheese AND eggs in the dough which makes them moist and tender. And the cream cheese adds a tangy dimension to the depth of flavor.
Both cookies have their own delicious flavors. You can and should make and enjoy them both. And taste them side by side for yourself.
Make These For Christmas!
When should you make these? ANYTIME! They’re perfect chilled for summertime; that cool creamy feeling of soft cookies just hits right.
BUT ALSO make them for Christmas. These look so nice on a Christmas Cookie tray alongside Buckeye Stuffed Cookies, Peppermint Oreo Truffles, Pecan Meltaways and more!
What You Need For These Cookies
Like most cookies these don’t require a lot of special ingredients. Just remember you need softened cream cheese and softened butter to make these cookies, so get it out early and let it warm up.
- unsalted butter, if using salted butter omit the salt
- cream cheese
- powdered sugar
- egg (Out of eggs? Here’s how to keep cooking without them)
- vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour
- baking powder
- salt
How To Store These Cookies
These cookies can be kept at room temperature in an airtight food storage container for up to a week. If you find them too irresistible, they can be frozen for up to three months.
Cream Cheese Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter softened to room temperature
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened to room temperature
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar plus additional for dusting
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F. Cover a large baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and cream cheese together with an electric mixer on medium speed until well combined
- Mix in the powdered sugar on low speed, then add the egg and vanilla extract and beat until incorporated.
- In a medium mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add this dry mixture to the wet and mix with the electric mixer until fully combined
- Form the dough into 24 balls and place on the prepared baking sheet leaving at least 1-inch of space between each
- Bake the cookies at 375F for 9-10 minutes until set and lightly golden brown on the bottom
- Remove the cookies from the baking sheet and cool to room temperature on a wire cooling rack
- Once cooled, dust the cookies with powdered sugar
