Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

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Nb persons: 60
Yield: 1
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    1 cup  sugar
    1/2 teaspoon  salt
    1 cup  butter, softened
    3-oz. pkg.  cream cheese, softenend
    1/2 teaspoon  almond extract
    1/2 teaspoon  vanilla
    1  egg yolk, (reserve white)
    2 1/4 cups  flour

In large bowl, combine sugar, salt, butter, cream cheese, almond extract, vanilla and egg yolk; blend well. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Stir in flour. Chill dough 30 minutes.

Heat oven to 375 degrees. On lightly floured surface, roll out dough, a third at a time to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes with lightly floured cutters; place, 1 inch apart, on ungreased cookie sheets. Sprinkle with sugar or, if desired, brush with slightly beaten egg white before sprinkling with colored sugar.

Bake at 375 degrees for 7 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool. If desired, frost and decorate.

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