Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
These sugar cookies with cream cheese are soft, chewy, and flavorful. It is very important to chill the dough, as it is too sticky to roll unless well chilled.
white sugar
1
cup
butter, softened
1
cup
cream cheese, softened
1
(3 ounce) package
egg yolk
1
large
salt
½
teaspoon
almond extract
½
teaspoon
vanilla extract
½
teaspoon
all-purpose flour
2 ¼
cups
 Beat together sugar, butter, cream cheese, egg yolk, salt, almond extract, and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Gradually mix in flour until dough comes together.
  Divide dough into thirds and form each piece into a disk. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
  When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  Working with one disk at a time, roll dough on a lightly floured surface to an 1/8-inch thickness; keep other disks refrigerated until ready to roll. Cut dough into desired shapes with lightly floured cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 inch apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
  Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are light golden brown, 7 to 10 minutes, switching racks halfway through. Remove from the oven and transfer cookies to wire racks.
  Cool cookies completely before frosting.
