EASY CREAM CHEESE CINNAMON CHRISTMAS COOKIES – Easy and best cream cheese cinnamon cookies recipe ever! Perfect cookies for holidays!
Easy Cream Cheese Cinnamon Christmas Cookies are simply cookies to make. If you have never tried cream cheese cookies you are in for this treat. They are tender, slightly chewy and addictive.
Cream cheese is the key ingredient that makes these cookies so good. This is a classic sugar cookie recipe, but we are updating it by adding cream cheese which is going to make the cookies even more soft and delicious. If you are looking for new Christmas cookie to try, you need to give this recipe a shot!
How to make Cream Cheese Cookies:
- First, In a large bowl or mixer, cream together butter and cream cheese until smooth, then slowly add powdered sugar and beat until creamy
- Add egg, vanilla extract, baking powder and salt and mix until combined
- Gradually add all-purpose flour until completely combined
- Wrap dough in plastic wrap and place in the fridge for one hour, or until chilled. This cookie dough needs to chill, you don’t it stick to your hands more than it sticks to itself.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- In a small bowl, mix together sugar and cinnamon, set aside
- Use a tablespoon or ice cream scoop to scoop cookie dough and roll into a smooth ball between your palms and roll through sugar and cinnamon mixture until completely coated
- Place on prepared cookie sheet about 2 inches apart
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, this is important and the key to a tender cream cheese cookie
- Cookies may still seem very soft in the center when finished baking, it is hard to tell when these cookies are ready (they will puff up but won’t get golden brown)
- Let cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes and then transfer cookies to a wire rack to let cool completely
For even more of a spicy kick, add more cinnamon to the cream cheese cookie dough you can add this in at the same time as the flour.
Now you are ready to bake your own Easy Cream Cheese Cinnamon Christmas Cookies. My family bakes these every year at Christmas! They are melt-in-your-mouth good!
The recipe for these Easy Cream Cheese Christmas Cinnamon Cookies has been in my family for years. Every year my mom, sister and I get together to bake dozens of Christmas cookies and these cream cheese cinnamon cookies are always included and since we had children, the kids get to join on the fun. They rolling the dough into balls, rolling the balls in sugar and cinnamon mixture until completely coated.
Perfect easy cookie recipe for your holiday baking! Enjoy and have a wonderful holiday season!
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- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- In a large bowl or mixer, cream together butter and cream cheese until smooth, then slowly add powdered sugar and beat until creamy
- Add egg, vanilla extract, baking powder and salt and mix until combined
- Gradually add all-purpose flour until completely combined
- Wrap dough in plastic wrap and place in the fridge for one hour, or until chilled
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- In a small bowl, mix together sugar and cinnamon, set aside
- Use a tablespoon or ice cream scoop to scoop cookie dough and roll into a smooth ball between your palms and roll through sugar and cinnamon mixture until completely coated
- Place on prepared cookie sheet about 2 inches apart
- Bake for 8-10 minutes
- Cookies may still seem very soft in the center when finished baking, it is hard to tell when these cookies are ready (they will puff up but won't get golden brown)
- Let cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes and then transfer cookies to a wire rack to let cool completely
Dee says
These are amazing! Not too sweet so you could easily add chocolate or skor pieces. I will be making these again.
Yummiest Food says
Thank you Dee!
Emily says
Do these need to be refrigerated?
Yummiest Food says
No. But it is better to be refrigerated.
Kimberley says
Do these freeze well?
Yummiest Food says
Yes, they do.
Irene Smith says
These are phenomenal!!! My husband and I have a new favorite Christmas cookie! I just stumbled on the recipe a couple weeks ago and have already made 4 dozen batches because they go so quickly. Thank you so much for sharing this!
Yummiest Food says
You’re very welcome! 🙂
kristi says
Can the dough chill overnight?
Yummiest Food says
Yes, it can.
Denise says
Can this recipe be doubled?
Yummiest Food says
Yes, sure.