After playing in chocolate all day with yesterday's Hot Cocoa cookies, today I felt the need for something a little lighter and now that is officially Christmas time, something that looks, well...Christmasy. Orange Cream Cheese Cookies sounded perfect. This is actually called a "molding dough", meaning it is perfect for shaping or cut outs since the dough does not spread at all. Not a fan of orange? You can use any flavor you prefer. This is also a great cookie to make with kids, real easy and fun to mold. I chose to do pretzel shapes because I thought they would be cute and I am just not feeling very creative at the moment.
Put your electric mixer away for this one and break out the wooden spoon:
- 3 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 c butter, softened
- 1/2 c firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 t salt
- 1 t vanilla or orange extract, or whatever you would like
Combine all ingredients in large bowl. Stir by hand until well blended. Add:
- 1 2/3 c all-purpose flour
Stir until dough forms a ball. Knead dough on floured surface, about a minute or two, until dough is smooth and pliable and not sticky. Roll, shape , mold....whatever.
Bake at 350 until edges are light brown 10-15 minutes or 15-22 minutes for thicker cookies.
For sparkling pretzels:
Pour colored sugar onto waxed paper. Roll about a tablespoon of dough into a 4" rope between your hands. Finish rolling rope on colored sugar until about 10" and shape into pretzels.
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