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cream cheese almond cookie

Cream Cheese Almond Cookies

Cream Cheese Almond Cookies are simple and quick to make and just melt in your mouth. The perfect easy Christmas or holiday cookie recipe.
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword cookies with cream cheese, cream cheese almond cookies
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 11 minutes
Total Time 31 minutes
Servings 40
Calories 200 kcal

Ingredients

  • 3 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup ground almonds or almond flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 package cream cheese 8 ounces, softened
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter softened
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoons pure almond extract
  • Powdered sugar for dusting tops

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Whisk together the dry ingredients: cake flour, salt, almond flour and baking powder in a large bowl and set aside.

  3. Add the cream cheese to the bowl of a stand mixer or use a hand mixer.  Beat the cream cheese on medium-high speed until it’s smooth and creamy making sure to get rid of any lumps.  Add the butter and mix until incorporated with the cream cheese and the mixture is light and creamy.  Add the sugar, eggs, and extracts and mix to combine.  Add the dry ingredients one third at a time and mix just until incorporated.

  4. Using a cookie scoop, drop scoops of dough onto ungreased cookies sheets and bake for approximately 9 to 11 minutes or until cookies are golden brown on the bottoms and around the edges. The cookies should still be very light in color on the tops.
  5. Remove from oven and allow to cool for one minute on cookies sheets. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool. Once cookies are cool, dust with a light coating of powdered sugar.
  6. Store cookies in an airtight container.
  7. Cookies will stay fresh for up to one week.

Recipe Notes

  • these cookies are an excellent cookie for freezing.
  • Make ahead and store in a freezer safe container for up to 3 months.
  • Layer them between layers of wax paper before freezing.