Dessert

Hanukkah Sugar Cookies

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15 min

total time

1 hr 30 min

Makes about 3 dozen cookies or 36 servings, 1 cookie each.

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What You Need

1 pkg. (250 g) Philadelphia Brick Cream Cheese, softened

3/4 cup butter, softened

1/3 cup sugar

1/4 tsp. vanilla

2 cups flour

Make It

PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Beat cream cheese, butter, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add flour; mix well. Cover. Refrigerate 1 hour.

PLACE dough on floured surface; roll out to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out with your favourite festive 2-inch cookie cutters, rerolling dough scraps as necessary. Place, 2 inches apart, on ungreased baking sheets.

BAKE 12 to 15 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove from baking sheet; cool on wire racks. Decorate as desired.

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I am hesitant to try this particular recipe because of the negative feedbacks.
posted by a cook | on 12/2/2012

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I was keen to find a recipe for sugar cookies so we could enjoy using our Christmas cookie cutters and then decorate them with icing. I don't know how this simple recipe could have gone so badly for me. What we have are what we I would consider irregular shaped biscuits. Someone please tell me where I went wrong. These 'cookies' actually shrunk. At first I rolled the dough too thick so the second tray were very very thin (1/8th) as instructed however they are not at all 'cookies'. My husband is enjoying them with jam however, and looks forward to eating them with cheese and various spreads. :)
posted by a cook | on 12/22/2010

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I really enjoyed this recipe...easy to make and my 3 year old son and I enjoyed cutting out Christmas trees and decorating them..although this cookies don't taste like the typical sugar cookie they are different in a good way..I will make these again..and plan on making this a family tradition recipe!!
posted by mickmo | on 12/1/2010

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I make this recipe several times a year and had to finally leave a review becasuse I noticed the last review was not very positive. These cookies are a great cut out cookie, the dough handles well and they are not too sweet. They do not taste like a typical sugar cookie if you don't ice them, alone they have more a of shortbread taste. I think that's why they are so perfect, because after you ice them they become sugar cookies. Whereas if you ice some more traditional sugar cookies they almost become too sweet. These are perfect!
posted by cloukola | on 11/22/2010

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My kids hated these cookies. I thought they might be a big hit because they love cream cheese, no such luck.
posted by a cook | on 10/17/2010

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worst recipe i have ever tried the dough was nothing but crumbs and i followed the recipe to the t.
posted by a cook | on 7/14/2010

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Great tasting treats and my kids loved them!
posted by a cook | on 12/15/2007

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this is an excellent recipee, i use it every time i want to make sugar cookies for any occasion, just switch the cookie cutters
posted by leisl | on 12/12/2007

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perfect for Hannukah! loved by kids and adults liked how they arent sugary
posted by a cook | on 12/4/2007

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Came out very dry, and did not taste like sugar cookies at all.
posted by a cook | on 12/10/2006