hi guys in this recipe video you will learn how to make most delicious and super easy cream cheese cookies perfect for sharing during holiday season Auto giving out to friends and family as a food gift so begin by taking 1/2 cup melted butter unsalted put it in a large bowl and add in 1/3 cup cream cheese Suffern and at room temperature we are just going to break it down with our 4 and then we are going to whisk the butter and cream cheese together so that they're well combined and form a nice creamy batter so once they are both well combined with each other go ahead and add half a teaspoon of baking powder add sugar 1 and 1/2 cup I'm using white sugar you can also use confectioner sugar brown sugar and once the sugar is well mixed together at 1/2 a teaspoon of vanilla and one well beaten egg large size add a tin mix everything well together once more just whisking everything together and you can see nice and creamy parrot that we have now and in this powder we are going to add our last component one and a half cup of all-purpose flour gradually mix the flour in and once the dough is ready you can freeze it it will be good for up to three months or you can put it in the fridge for up to two to three weeks I'm just going to chill it for 30 minutes and then your cookies will be ready to pay I have lined the baking sheet with parchment paper and at this time you can also preheat the oven to 375 next take a small round cookie dough and then press it down with back of a measuring cup so that you can have nice round shaped cookies our oven is preheated to 375 we have spread our cookies on the baking sheet and we are going to bake them for 8 to 10 minutes at 375 and then let them rest for 2 minutes before serving you will notice they are done they have puffed up the backside is nice and brown so nice little recipe to try out during this holiday season and if you are planning to keep them out as a gift you can make them into Jam thumbprint cookies you can add cashews or almonds pistachios on top as a decoration you can cut them out in different shapes different festive shapes so neat little recipe to try let us know how these cookies are not for you and if you like the recipe please share it with friends and family and hit the subscribe button for more recipe ideas