Cream Cheese Cookies

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.  

pumpkin cookies

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