Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 cup sugar
    1 cup butter, softened
    1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1/2 teaspoon almond extract
    1/2 teaspoon vanilla
    1 egg yolk
    2 cups all-purpose flour
    colored crystal sugar or decorator icing, if desired
Preparation
    In large bowl, combine all ingredients except flour and colored sugar; beat until light and fluffy.
    Add flour; mix well. Shape dough into 3 disks. Wrap dough in plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour for easier handling.
    Heat oven to 375\u00b0F On floured surface, roll out 1 disk of dough at a time to 1/8-inch thickness. (Keep remaining dough refrigerated.) Cut with lightly floured 2 1/2-inch round or desired shape cookie cutters. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Decorate with colored sugar.
    Bake at 375\u00b0F for 6 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets. If desired, frost and decorate plain cookies.

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