Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Servings: 54
Yield: 54 servings

Description

Cream cheese gives regular spritz cookies a delicious boost in this recipe that's quick, easy, and perfect for Christmas entertaining.

Ingredients

1 cup butter, at room temperature
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 drops green food coloring, or as desired
2 cups all-purpose flour

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2 Cream butter and cream cheese together in a bowl using an electric mixer; add sugar and beat well. Mix in vanilla extract and food coloring. Slowly add flour and mix well to combine.
3 Fill a cookie press with dough and form cookies onto ungreased cookie sheets.
4 Bake in the preheated oven until edges are set, 8 to 10 minutes, making sure to remove at the first hint of browning.