Snowflake Cookies (cookie Press Recipe)

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 3 ounces cream cheese
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• colored crystal sugar, for decoration

Recipe

• 1 cream together butter and cream cheese until smooth.
• 2 beat in egg yolk and extracts, then gradually beat in sugar until light and fluffy.
• 3 mix together the flour and salt, then slowly add flour mixture just until well blended.
• 4 put dough in cookie press and make favorite shapes (wreath, tree, etc.).
• 5 sprinkle with colored sugar and bake in 350-degree oven for 10-12 minutes or until golden.
• 6 remove from oven and let set on baking sheet 3 minutes to set.
• 7 cool on wire rack.