Cream Cheese Christmas Cookies
These look so nice for Christmas with the red and green sprinkles. We found this recipe on allrecipes.com and we LOOOOVVEED them! Enjoy!
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup green sugar crystals
1/2 cup red sugar crystals
1 cup pecan halves
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Directions:
| 1. | Cream together the butter and cream cheese. Add sugar and vanilla; beat until light and fluffy. |
| 2. | Combine the flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture, beating until well blended. Stir in chopped pecans. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 15 minutes. |
| 3. | On four sheets of aluminum foil, shape dough into four 6 inch rolls, 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Wrap each roll tightly in foil and refrigerate over night. |
| 4. | Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line cookie sheets with foil. Remove rolls of dough from refrigerator one at a time. Coat each roll with red or green sugar crystals; cut dough into 1/4 inch slices. |
| 5. | Place on prepared cookie sheets; top each cookie with a pecan half. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until bottom of cookie is lightly browned when lifted |
