cream cheese cut-outs i

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• cream butter and cream cheese until fluffy; gradually blend in sugar. stir together flour and salt; stir into creamed mixture. cover; chill dough several hours or overnight.
• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c).
• divide dough into thirds. on lightly floured surface, roll out dough, one section at a time. (keep the other sections refrigerated.) cut out with cookie cutter to desired shapes.
• place on ungreased cookie sheet. bake until firm, but not brown, about 12 minutes. if desired, sift additional confectioners' sugar over slightly warm cookies.