Cream Cheese Cookies
1/2 cup butter - room temperature
3 ounces cream cheese - softened
1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 cups flour
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Line your cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Put butter and cream cheese in a bowl and beat for 1 minute. Add the sugar and baking powder. Add the egg and vanilla to the butter/cream cheese mixture and mix until fluffy. Add the flour.
Chill for about 30 minutes. Drop by the teaspoon on the parchment covered cookie sheets. Bake for 7 minutes.
Remove from the oven. Cool for about 1 minute on the cookie sheet then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
1 1/3 cups sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup softened butter, plus melted butter for brushing dough
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1. Mix 1/3 cup of sugar and 1 tablespoon cinnamon.
2. Beat softened butter and cream cheese. Beat in remaining cup of sugar and baking powder, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Beat in egg and vanilla. Add flour to batter in small increments, beating as much as you can with mixer. Blend in remaining flour with a wooden spoon, or, if wearing food-preparation gloves, blend in by hand.
3. Divide dough in half. Roll half of dough between two sheets of parchment or wax paper into 12-by-8-inch rectangle. Remove top sheet of paper. Brush dough with melted butter. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons cinnamon mixture.
4. Starting from one of the short sides, roll up jellyroll fashion, removing paper as you work. Use paper to bend and roll dough as you work. Repeat with remaining dough, melted butter and cinnamon mixture. At this point, you can wrap dough in parchment or wax paper and store in a freezer-quality sealable plastic bag. Freeze overnight before baking. Dough should be very firm.
5. Heat oven to 375 F. Using sharp knife, cut dough into slices. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges are firm. Cool on cookie sheet 1 minute. Transfer to rack to cool.
2 cups butter
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. allspice
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 cups sugar
2 cups fresh (or canned) pumpkin
4 cups flour (sifted)
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 cups raisins
Preheat oven to 350° F.
Blend all ingredients thoroughly
Drop one inch dough balls onto greased cookie sheet.
Baking time 15 minutes
3 ounces cream cheese - softened
