These easy to make Christmas Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies are so soft because they’re made with cream cheese! Dip each cookie into vanilla sugar glaze and top with red and white sprinkles! Recipe makes 48 cookies.
Super Soft Cream Cheese Cookies
Let’s make a cookie tin for the holidays! We need snowball cookies, peanut butter blossom cookies, pistachio shortbread cookies and these super soft cream cheese sugar cookies!
Have you ever added cream cheese to your cookies before? If not, your cookie loving brain is going to love it! The cream cheese makes the cookies soft, moist and so good! If you’re looking for new Christmas Cookies recipes to try, you need to give this recipe a shot!
Because I love taking cookies to the next step, I mixed some powdered sugar and milk together to make a light vanilla glaze frosting to dip each cookie in. Finally, add holiday colored sprinkles or chopped up candy canes on top of each cookie and they’re ready to go! If you’re sharing these with others, make sure to keep a few for yourself because they won’t last!
How to Make Christmas Sugar Cookies
In a large mixing bowl mix sugar, butter, cream cheese, egg and vanilla together. Once combined, add flour, salt and baking powder.
Roll doll into balls and place on a cookie sheet.
Press down on each cookie gently with the back of a spoon. You want them slightly flattened.
Bake until the bottoms of the cookies are golden brown. Allow to cool before moving on to frosting them.
The frosting is a easy powdered sugar and milk mixture. Mix until frosting consistency forms.
Dip each cookie into the frosting..
And then add your favorite sprinkles on top. Enjoy!
How many cookies does this recipe make?
This recipe makes 48 Cream Cheese Christmas Sugar Cookies, which I think will last you a few days during the holidays, with a few more to spare for Santa!
If you want to be someone’s best friend, make an extra batch for them as a holiday gift. Trust me, everyone will be asking you for this Christmas Cookies Recipe!
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Christmas Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
PrintIngredients
For the Cookies
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup butter softened
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 1/4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
For the Frosting
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
Additional
- Sprinkles Decorative Sugar, Crushed Candy Canes
Instructions
For the cookies
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a large bowl cream together the sugar, butter, cream cheese, egg and vanilla. Add flour, baking powder and salt and continue to mix until cookie dough forms.
- On a nonstick cookie sheet or silicone baking mats, add tablespoons of dough for each cookie. With the back of a spoon gently press down each cookie to slightly flatten.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes or until bottoms are light golden brown. Allow to cool before frosting.
For the frosting
- Mix powdered sugar and milk together in bowl with a spoon.
- Once cookies are cool, dip each one into the glaze. Add additional sprinkles or chopped up candy canes on top.
Lolli says
Wow 2 thumbs up! Thanks for sharing. I used a cookie scoop. First batch I tried to flatten a bit with the back of a spoon but the batter kept sticking to it. So then tried with my fingers and that worked fine. 3rd batch I left them alone and they were fine too. Cooked for 10 – 11 min. 4 days later and they are as good as the 1st day!
Marybeth S Lodermeier says
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Laura Flynn says
I want to make these in jumbo size, using an ice cream scoop. Any insight as to adjusting temperature or cooking time? Thank you for your help.
SHARON JOSWICK says
I am planning on making the cream cheese cookies, I do not have milk I do have half and half for the icing would it order the taste terribly if I use two tablespoons of half and half?
Pamela Reed says
Hey Sharon, that will still work! Enjoy the cookies!:)
Sharon joswick says
Oh thank you Pamela for your quick response. Feel like I know you so well. My sister’s name is pamela, not a very common name. I have made so many things I feel bad that I haven’t taken pictures or replied. I really enjoyed looking at all your pics and your bio about how you started and where you lived and your family. I feel like we have quite a connection. Think we’d be great friends if we left closer. This time hope I remember to take some pics and send you what I’ve been cooking love your recipes and we have so much in common as far as vegetable growing your name your last name I have family with your last name as well LOL then meaning to send you a message. Hope to connect with you again soon and hope I remember to take some pictures of what I’ve cooked and leave comments so far I have loved everything, told you I was addicted to the cabbage soup cannot stop making or eating it, now one of my sister’s favorites as well my sister named Pamela . Merry Christmas to you and your family
Carla Jensen says
These are delicious. I like to add a little almond flavoring to the dough and frosting!!
Linda G. says
Love them. When I make them for the holidays I add the red sprinkles, but today I added 1/2 cup mini chocolate morsels and no red sprinkles. Love them both ways.
Pamela Reed says
Oooooooh that sounds delicious Linda! Now you have me craving some cookies! 🙂 🙂
Nora says
My family loves these and “I’m on the hook” to make them for every major holiday. Great recipe I’ve been using for the last couple of years. They’re delicious