#15. Cream Cheese Cookies For Pasqua!

For Easter cookies, I'm starting simple. And killing two birds with one stone by using up ingredients prone to spoilage, like the bar of cream cheese I bought a few days ago in anticipation of a bagel breakfast that never happened. 

Cream cheese adds a slight dairy tang to these otherwise standard sugar cookies as well as tremendously enhances the moist texture. WHAT'S REALLY FUN THOUGH GUYS IS WHEN YOU COLOR THEM FLUORESCENT PINK AND GREEN.

And decorate some with those silver ball things that may or not be carcinogenic. They look pretty, though.

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened

• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

• 1 cup white sugar

• 1 egg yolk

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

• Food coloring of your choice (go bold!)

Wow, that's pink!

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

2. Using a hand-held mixer, cream butter, sugar, and cream cheese. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla.

3. Slowly incorporate flour.

4. Divide batter into batches for however many different colors you want to dye your cookies.

5. Add drops of food coloring to batches until you have achieved desired hue.

6. Mold batter into one-inch balls. Coat with decorations if you're feeling fancy.

7. Space evenly on baking sheet. Bake approximately 11-13 minutes.