"Irish cream cheese sugar cookies are a perfectly soft, melt-in-your-mouth cutout cookie! They are easy to make and fun to decorate. Cream cheese gives them a great flavor and they really hold their shape. These pillowy soft cookies will make you question why you’ve ever made any other type of sugar cookie."
Irish Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
(Cut Out Version)
Servings – 36 Prep Time – 10 Minutes Cook Time – 8 Minutes
Ingredients:
Cookies
1 cup sugar
1 cup butter softened
3 ounces cream cheese softened
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg yolk
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
Frosting
1/4 cup Bailey's Irish Creamer plus more as needed
1/2 cup butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup cream cheese
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 teaspoon salt
Food coloring or coloring paste of choice
Sprinkles, colored sugars and decorations of choice
Instructions:
Cookies
In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together the sugar, butter, and cream cheese until well blended.
Add the almond extract, vanilla extract, and egg yolk, and mix until combined.
Add the flour and salt, and mix to form a soft dough.
Shape the dough into a ball and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours, until firm.
When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375.
Line 3 baking sheets with parchment or silicone liners.
Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thick.
Cut the dough into desired shapes with cookie cutters, placing one inch apart on prepared baking sheets.
Bake 8-10 minutes, until light golden brown around the edges.
Let cool completely before frosting.
Frosting
To make frosting, mix all ingredients in a medium bowl with a hand mixer. If too thick, add a little more creamer.
Frost cookies, decorate with sprinkles or colored sugars and let set before storing.
Nutrition:
(Based on cookies only)
Calories: 105kcal / Carbohydrates: 12g / Protein: 1g / Fat: 6g / Saturated Fat: 4g / Cholesterol: 22mg / Sodium: 85mg / Potassium: 13mg / Fiber: 1g / Sugar: 6g / Vitamin A: 197IU / Calcium: 6mg / Iron: 1mg
"Second ALL-TIME favorite Sugar Cookie recipe!! I came out with this recipe in my adult years one St's Patrick's Day weekend. I started to experiment with Mom's old recipes and made this one my own. I started giving them away on cookies trays, making them for the kids teachers and school events, church bake sales and so much more... they are equally as good as Mom's with a slightly different flavor!"
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