Cream Cheese Cookies

A picture of the cookies

These deliciously soft cookies are surprisingly light thanks to huge amounts of incorporated air trapped by the cream cheese. These are best right out of the oven, where they have just a hint of crispiness that melts in your mouth, but they’re also an excellent choice for parties and cookie swaps.

Start to Eat time: ~2 hours:

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. If cream cheese is not at room temperature, wait until it is. Microwaving cream cheese is not a good idea.
  3. Combine butter, cream cheese, sugar. Beat until extremely fluffy.
  4. Add egg and vanilla extract.
  5. Add dry ingredients.
  6. Drop onto baking sheet.
  7. Bake 13-15 minutes or until edges are lightly golden.
  8. Let sit for a minute or two to firm up before transferring to a wire rack to cool.