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{VaLeNTiNe’S DaY} Kristie’s Cream Cheese Cut-out Cookies.

Melissa Beene Ford/ Cooking

Let me start out by confessing that I am THE WORST at making cut-out cookies.

The WORST, I tell you.

My cut-out cookies are either too dry and floury, causing them to taste like cardboard IF they even stick together, or too sticky and won’t come out in recognizeable shapes because they stick in the dang cookie cutters. UGH.

I gave up long, long ago on making cute cut-out cookies… until I ate some cookies at my friend Kristie’s house one day. Now, Kristie is a Domestic Goddess. For real. She cooks, she decorates, she sews, and everything she makes is FaBuLouS, and these cookies were a prime example… they were SOOOOO soft and buttery.

This recipe came from her… well, before I added to it, edited, and changed it up into something entirely different… but Kristie was my inspiration. You should make these for your Valentine… I know I will!

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Yes, there are two sticks of butter in this recipe. That’s on account of how I didn’t use any bacon grease.

So anyway. Toss the above ingredients into a mixing bowl in no particular order and mix it until you feel like stopping. Or something like that.

Then spread some flour on your counter so your dough doesn’t stick. I always thought this step required a degree in Rocket Science or something because I never could get the right amount of flour…. until I tried this recipe! And as it turns out, ANYONE can dump flour on the counter!

Your dough is gonna be SO deliciously buttery that you’ll be tempted to stop here and serve this to your Valentine. But don’t, ok?

Of course, he might have different ideas.

Seriously. THIS is why no recipe of mine ever makes four dozen cookies. IT’S ALL THEIR FAULT. (ahem)

If you have any dough left after your husband and kids have eaten six pounds of it raw, dump what’s left out onto your floured surface.

Roll it out to precisely 3/8″ thick. Not 1/4″. Not 1/2″. THREE. EIGHTHS. Because I am all about mathematical precision when it comes to cookies.

We had the idea to make different size flower-shaped cookies and stack them up into a Christmas tree. (I don’t recommend Christmas trees for Valentine’s Day, but hey… whatever floats your boat).

For Valentine’s Day, we’ll probably make some cookies in the shape of lips and hearts and dollar signs and romantic stuff like that.

But we made this particular batch back during Christmas, and because I’m so efficient and task-oriented, I’m posting the pictures two months later.

Bake them until they’re done. See?… I’m all about precision.

Here is the semi-finished product, stacked into what might pass for a Christmas tree in prison or a third-world country.

And now you have a pretty good indication of why I did not make my own wedding cake.

But they were tasty, and that’s (almost) all that matters.

If only cute weren’t so darn important…


Kristie’s Cream Cheese Cut-out Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
2 sticks of butter, softened (I always use unsalted)
1 8-oz box of cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 egg (large)
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder

1. Combine butter and cream cheese in a mixing bowl and beat until fluffy. Add sugar; beat until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and mix well.
2. In a separate bowl combine the flour and baking powder; add it slowly to the butter and cream cheese mixture and beat well. Wrap your dough in plastic wrap and freeze an hour or two.
3. Preheat your oven to 375*; roll your dough out on a floured surface to 3/8″ thick. Cut out with cookie cutters of your choice.
4. Bake on greased cookie sheets (or ungreased Pampered Chef Stoneware) for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove to wire rack and cool.
5. Decorate with your choice of frosting and sprinkles.
Makes substantially less than four dozen.

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  1. Shannon says

    February 14, 2012 at 2:32 am

    YUM! These look so good – definitely saving the recipe to try with my little ones. Thanks for visiting over at This Foxtail Lilly! Love meeting new friends! 🙂

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  2. Mary says

    November 5, 2012 at 6:34 am

    I love that the baking stone is broken too. This is my life! 🙂 They look yummy.

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  3. Anonymous says

    November 27, 2012 at 6:04 pm

    Why do you freeze the dough? And you need to thaw it so you can roll it right?? Sorry I cam never make cookies that turn out. Even the ones that you just put on the cookie sheet 😉

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  4. Jen says

    December 25, 2012 at 1:55 am

    Made this tonight to decorate for Santa, and I really do like the taste better than the usual sugar cookies I make. The only sugar cookie that I can say is better is those Lofthouse ones, but these are some very nice decorating cookies. They didn't spread as much as other sugar cookies, so the shape held up wonderfully.

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