Easter Sugar Cookies

I wanted to make something festive for Easter, I kept thinking, "ok yah I can dye some eggs throw them into a basket and call it done," but I wanted something a little more. So I decided to go with the "Edible Arrangements" theme and make cookies on sticks. It was so much fun to make and it looked so awesome on the table. Not only does it add decor but it was really yummy tasting. It was extremely hard for me not to eat the dough because I was on lent and the dough consists of cream cheese and butter. MMMMMMM....

You can always double or tripple the recipe for the amount of cookies you want. I doubled this recipe.


Ingredients you will need are:

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

  Directions are:

• In a bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and sugar. Beat in egg yolk and extracts. Combine the flour, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours or until easy to handle.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-1/2-in. cookie cutter dipped in flour. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Using parchment paper helps. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until edges begin to brown. 
• The BBQ sticks need to be inserted as soon as they come out of the oven. Decorate as desired. Yield: 4 dozen.

The remaining dough after I made a whole bunch of cookies, I thought hey I can imitate another cookie called "Subleh" So I used my egg cookie cutter and cut out pairs and with the whiskey cap I cut out a hole on 1 cookie in each pair. You then bake the cookies let them chill fill them with any type of jelly you would like, press them together sprinkle a bit of powdered sugar and wallah you have a different cookie. Now you may also grind up some nuts and throw and knead it in your dough before you do this. It ads awesome texture and flavor.