Cream Cheese Butter Cookies

What you'll need:

• 2 cups flour sifted
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup butter, softened
• 2 ounces cream cheese
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• finely grated rind of one lemon or orange
• 1 teaspoon lemon oil or orange oil

Flavor Variations:

Replace lemon with:

• 1 teaspoon vanilla and ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Sift together flour and salt. Cream butter and cream cheese together. Gradually add sugar and mix well. Beat in egg yolk and flavoring. Chill dough well – at least 4 hours, overnight is best.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough on floured surface 1/4 inch thick. Flour cookie mold. Imprint, cut cookies, and place on a cookie sheet. Repeat.

Bake 10 – 12 minutes till cookies are light brown around the edges. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Cool completely and store in airtight containers.