Cream Cheese Drop Cookies Recipes

CREAM CHEESE COOKIES I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter, cream cheese, and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. Stir in flour until well blended. Drop dough by spoonfuls or use a cookie press to place onto prepared cookie sheets. If using floral cookie press design, make an indentation in the center with a thimble, fill with preserves, or press candy into center.
• Bake for 15 minutes in preheated oven. Cookies should be pale.

CREAM CHEESE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In small bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, cream cheese and 1/2 cup softened butter with electric mixer on medium speed about 1 minute or until fluffy; scrape side of bowl. Beat in egg just until smooth. Stir in 2 teaspoons vanilla. On low speed, beat flour mixture into sugar mixture until well blended. Cover and refrigerate 15 minutes.
• Shape dough into 60 (1-inch) balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are set. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat powdered sugar, 1/4 cup softened butter, 2 to 4 tablespoons milk and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla with spoon until smooth and fluffy. If frosting is too stiff to spread, add additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time. Tint with food color. Using knife, spread slightly less than 1 teaspoon frosting on each cooled cookie; top with sprinkles. Store covered in airtight container at room temperature.

CREAM CHEESE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F Lightly grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter, cream cheese, and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg yolk and vanilla.
• Stir in flour until well blended.
• Drop dough by spoonfuls onto cookie sheet (or use a cookie press). If desired, make an indentation in the center with your thumb or other object; fill with preserves, or press candy into center.
• Bake for 15 minutes in preheated oven.
• Cookies should be pale.

CREAM CHEESE WALNUT DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a mixing bowl, beat together butter, cream cheese and milk.
• Beat in sugar and vanilla.
• Gradually mix in flour. Stir in walnuts.
• Drop by tablespoonful 2-inches apart on to ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake at 375°F for 10 minutes or until edges begin to slightly brown.

CREAM CHEESE COOKIES

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment.
• Combine the butter, vanilla, 4 ounces of the room-temperature cream cheese and 1 teaspoon of the salt in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy, about 1 minute. Add 2 cups of the sugar and beat until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the egg yolk and beat until smooth, then add the flour and beat on low until the dough just comes together. Remove the frozen cream cheese from the freezer and chop into 1/4-inch cubes. Add the cubes to the dough, quickly stirring with a rubber spatula to evenly incorporate them into the dough. Refrigerate the dough for 1 hour.
• Using a 1-ounce ice cream scoop or 2 tablespoons, scoop 12 portions of dough, roll into balls and transfer to the prepared baking sheet, spacing them evenly apart. Lightly flour the bottom of a 1/2-cup measuring cup and use it to flatten each cookie into a disk about 1/2 inch thick, re-flouring the cup after each cookie.
• Bake, rotating the baking sheet halfway through, until the cookies look set but are still pale and barely brown on the bottom, 20 to 24 minutes. Cool the cookies on the baking sheet for 1 minute, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with the remaining cookie dough.
• Meanwhile, combine the remaining 2 ounces room-temperature cream cheese, 2 cups sugar and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl and beat with an electric mixer on low speed until the mixture forms a thick paste. Add the milk and stir slowly until a thick glaze forms.
• When the cookies are cool, dip the entire surface of the top of each cookie in the glaze and lift up, letting the excess glaze drip off, then flip the cookie right-side up and onto the cooling rack. If the glaze is too thick, add another teaspoon of milk to loosen it. If using the cranberries or lime zest, sprinkle on top of the cookies while the glaze is still wet. Allow the glaze to set before serving, at least 10 minutes. Store the cookies in a single layer in an airtight container for up to 5 days.

DEVILS FOOD DROP COOKIES (WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING)

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Beat in egg and vanilla.
• Stir in melted chocolate.
• Sift dry ingredients and add to chocolate mixture alternately with sour cream. Mix well.
• Add nuts if desired.
• Bake 10 minutes at 350 and cool on wire rack. Frost with cream cheese frosting.
• For frosting: Mix together until creamy. Add additional powdered sugar if needed.

CREAM CHEESE DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and cream cheese. Blend in egg and vanilla. Add cake mix, 1/3 at a time and mix well. Fold in nuts and chill for 1/2 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Drop by tsp. on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake 8-10 minutes. Remove when slightly cool. Frost if desired: Add 2 squares milk chocolate candy bar while still hot for easy frosting.

CREAM CHEESE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cream together butter, cream cheese and sugar.
• Beat in egg yolks, vanilla and almond extracts.
• Add flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Stir well.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonsful onto ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle with sugar. Don't flatten. (I use parchment paper.).
• Bake 12 to 14 minutes until tops are cracked and just turning light brown.
• Cool for one minute on cookie sheet before transferring to rack or waxed paper to cool completely.

COCONUT CREAM CHEESE DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together the butter, cream cheese, sugar, salt, and vanilla.
• Add egg and milk; beat well.
• Stir in the flour and toasted coconut.
• Drop cookie batter from teaspoons onto ungreased baking sheet then press a pecan half or cherry half into the top of each.
• Bake at 325° for 18 to 20 minutes.
• Remove cookies to a rack to cool.
• Makes about 5 dozen cookies.
• *Totoast coconut in the oven, spread coconut on a baking sheet in a single layer.
• Bake at 325°, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 10 minutes.