Hanukkah Cookies

Cream cheese adds richness to these holiday cutout cookies. Decorate them with royal icing or your favorite buttercream frosting and toppings. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen

• 

  Total Time

  Prep: 25 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
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  Makes

  about 3-1/2 dozen

Ingredients

• 2 cups butter, softened
• 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
• 2-1/2 cups sugar
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• ICING:
• 3-3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 4 teaspoons meringue powder
• Blue and yellow paste food coloring

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Directions

• In a large bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extract. Gradually beat flour into creamed mixture. Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk; wrap and refrigerate until firm enough to roll, 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with floured 3-in. cookie cutters. Place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake until set (do not brown), 10-12 minutes. Cool on pans 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
  For frosting, in a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, water and meringue powder; beat on low speed just until combined. Beat on high 4 minutes or until soft peaks form. Cover frosting with damp paper towels or plastic wrap between uses.
• Pipe icing on cookies as desired. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 236 calories, 11g fat (7g saturated fat), 33mg cholesterol, 91mg sodium, 33g carbohydrate (23g sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.

source https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/hanukkah-cookies/

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