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    Home » Recipes » Cookies

    Cream Cheese Cookies

    April 8, 2019 by Kankana Saxena

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    If you need an Easter Egg treat to bake with your kids, let this Cream Cheese Easter Egg Cookies be the one. The cookie dough is easy to put together and kids always love cutting out cookie dough. There is no frosting needed and that makes it mess-free work for the parents. Last weekend, I baked these with Avyan. The boy loves colors, so you can imagine his excitement. He was a happy bunny!

    The recipe is similar to Easter Egg Sugar Cookies, except it’s tastier because of the addition of cream cheese in it. Cream cheese makes the cookies tender and the texture is slightly chewy.

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    Soft Chewy Easy to bake with Kids - Cream Cheese Easter Egg Cookies #cookies #easteregg #cream #cheese #baking #kids #easter #egg

    Tools you need for this Cream Cheese Cookies Recipe

    Stand or Hand mixer: You can surely whisk and make the batter using a wooden spoon and a whisk but having a stand or hand mixer will make the task faster and easy

    Cookie Sheet and Parchment Paper: It’s important to layer the cut-out cookies on the cookie sheet lined with parchment paper so that the bottom of the cookie doesn’t get burnt

    Wire Rack: It’s always a good idea to let the cookie cool down on a wire rack.

    Food Color: I used Wilton food colors, but you could avoid it if you like

    Cookie Cutter/ Cookie Stamp: I got this cute Easter Egg cookie stamp from Michael’s. I found something similar in Amazon, if you wish to buy. Worth the buy!

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    Soft Chewy Easy to bake with Kids - Cream Cheese Easter Egg Cookies #cookies #easteregg #cream #cheese #baking #kids #easter #egg

    How to prepare these Cream Cheese Cookies

    It’s like any other sugar cookie recipe except it’s with cream cheese. The ingredients that goes in are very basic.

    The butter and cream cheese are whisked, followed by sugar, egg and vanilla extract. Then, all-purpose flour with baking soda are added. All mixed using the paddle attachment of the stand mixer. You can surely use a hand mixer or even try mixing everything using a rubber spatula.

    I divided the cookie dough into four portions and added different food colors in each.

    The cookie dough will be sticky and it’s important to let it chill in the fridge for a minimum 2 hours before you roll and cut it out.

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    Few key notes to follow

    When you are adding the food color, add very little the first time, mix it into the dough and if you feel the color is not dark enough, add more.

    When rolling the cookie dough, sprinkle a little flour. Because of the cream cheese, the texture of the dough is sticky as compared to a normal sugar cookie dough.

    Dip the cookie cutter in a little bit of flour when cutting out the shape. I also prefer to keep the cut-out cookie in the fridge just for 15 minutes before putting it in the oven to bake.

    Storing the cookies and the cookie dough

    Make sure you cool the cookies completely before storing in an airtight container.

    The cookie dough can be wrapped and kept in the freezer for three months.

    It’s one of those cookies that are fun to bake with your kid. By adding all the colors, it’s looked quite playful and Avyan thoroughly enjoyed the whole process. I kept the cookies plain without any sugar icing, but feel free to do so.

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    Cream Cheese Easter Egg Cookies

    Kankana Saxena
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 10 mins
    Total Time 20 mins

    Ingredients
     

    • ½ cup butter (softened at room temperature)
    • 4 oz cream cheese softened at room temperature
    • ¾ cup white granulated sugar
    • 1 egg
    • 1- teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 and ¾ cup all-purpose flour (plus a little bit more while rolling the cookie dough and cutting out the cookies)
    • ½ teaspoon baking powder

    Instructions
     

    • Using a stand mixer, hand mixer or a rubber spatula, whisk the butter and cream cheese until it’s combined.
    • Add the sugar, egg and vanilla extract. Mix again to incorporate everything.
    • Sift the dry ingredients (flour and baking powder) and mix it to form a sticky dough.
    • If you planning to add colors, divide the dough into four portions and add your choice of food colors into the dough. Mix the color evenly in the cookie dough.
    • Cover the colored cookie dough into separate clear wraps or zip lock packs and keep in the refrigerator for a minimum of 2 hours.
    • When you are ready to bake the cookies, place one colored cookie-dough between two sheets of parchment paper. Sprinkle a little flour and roll it lightly to ¼ inch thick. If the dough feels too sticky, place the rolled cookie dough in the fridge for 30 minutes before you cut out the cookies.
    • Dip the cookie cutter in flour, dust off the excess and cut out the cookies. Place it on a cookie sheet layered with parchment paper. The cookies don’t expand so you can keep the cookies close to one another.
    • Preheat the oven 375 F and while the oven preheats, keep the cookie sheet in the fridge.
    • Bake for 10 minutes (please note that depending on the size of the cookies, you will need more or less time)
    • Place the warm cookies on wire rack and let it cool completely before you store it in an airtight jar.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1Servings

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Sudeshna

      April 18, 2019 at 7:55 am

      5 stars
      3 days weekend, stocking up things to do with the kiddo. Baking cookies are on the top, thanks for sharing this recipe Kankana.

    2. Saima

      April 15, 2019 at 5:40 pm

      5 stars
      Hi Kankana! Can't wait to bake these for my daughter. Could you please let me know how many cookies would the recipe yield? Thank you!

      • Kankana Saxena

        April 16, 2019 at 3:49 pm

        Yay! This made me so happy. So the cookie stamps I used are very tiny, about 1 inch diameter. It was about 35 cookies.

        • Saima

          April 17, 2019 at 8:03 am

          5 stars
          Thanks Kankana! I am making these today. With your recipe i am sure they will turn out great.

          • Saima

            April 17, 2019 at 6:37 pm

            5 stars
            Yipeee! Just wanted to let you know that the cookies turned out just perfect! You and your little family are beautiful. Stay blessed!

            • Kankana Saxena

              April 17, 2019 at 8:07 pm

              Ahh thank you so much Saima! I am so glad you tried and liked it 🙂 Love to you and your family.

    3. Anindya Sundar Basu

      April 10, 2019 at 6:02 pm

      5 stars
      Just in time. Tugga has informed Madhushree that he also wants to do something on the Easter eggs . Loved these cookies.

      • Kankana Saxena

        April 15, 2019 at 9:48 pm

        These are actually super easy to bake and shape really doesn't even matter 🙂 I am sure Tugga will love these!

    4. Karly

      April 10, 2019 at 7:37 am

      5 stars
      That cookie stamp is really cool! So cute!

      • Kankana Saxena

        April 15, 2019 at 9:48 pm

        Oh I love such kind of cookie stamps! So perfect for little hands 🙂

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