Cream Cheese Sprinkle Valentine Cookies
The original recipe for these cookies is from Sally’s Baking Addiction. I bake at a lower temperature, but otherwise I followed her directions and recipe. This recipe yields approximately 3 dozen cookies.
Ingredients
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- 1 Cup Butter (2 Sticks)
- 2 Ounces Cream Cheese (block)
- 1 Cup White Sugar
- 1 Large room temperature Egg
- 2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 1 Teaspoon Almond Extract
- 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
- 3 Cups Flour
- Various sanding sugars/sprinkles
- Approx 36 chocolate heart candies
Instructions
- Combine flour, baking powder, salt together in a separate bowl and set aside.
- In a mixer with a paddle attachment, combine butter and cream cheese on high speed until combined and smooth.
- Add sugar and beat until combined.
- Add in egg, extracts, and beat on higher speed until all incorporated.
- Scrape down sides of bowl, and slowly add dry ingredients at a lower speed.
- Chill dough (at this point I scoop and roll dough between my hands and chill- making the next step easier but you can chill the entire dough and scoop dough out afterwards) for at least one hour.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees and prepare cookie sheets with either parchment or silicone baking sheets.
- Roll cookie dough balls in sanding sugar or sprinkles of your choice.
- Place cookies approximately 2″ apart on cookie sheets.
- Using a glass or measuring cup, press down slightly on dough balls to flatten.
- Bake cookies for approximately 12-15 minutes depending on your oven.
- Allow cookies to cool for 5 minutes.
- Press unwrapped chocolate heart candy into the middle of each cookie.