{"id":48101,"date":"2026-08-03T06:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=48101"},"modified":"2026-08-03T06:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:31:11","slug":"cream-cheese-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2026\/08\/03\/cream-cheese-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Cream Cheese Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"48103\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2026\/08\/03\/cream-cheese-cookies\/creamcheesecookies\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CreamCheeseCookies.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CreamCheeseCookies\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CreamCheeseCookies.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48103\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CreamCheeseCookies.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CreamCheeseCookies.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CreamCheeseCookies.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These cream cheese cookies are melt in your mouth soft, with a nice tanginess from the cream cheese. They&#8217;re easy to put together and you finish them off with a light dusting of confectioners sugar once they&#8217;re baked. <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 cup butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>4 oz. cream cheese, room temperature<\/li>\n<li>1 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 large egg<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1 3\/4 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>confectioners sugar, for dusting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>In a large bowl, beat butter and cream cheese until well blended, add sugar, egg, and vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>In a small bowl, whisk baking powder, flour, and salt. Mix into the butter\/cream cheese mixture. Chill dough for an hour.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Preheat oven to 375\u00ba, line a baking tray with parchment paper. Roll into tablespoon sized balls and bake for 9 to 11 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These cream cheese cookies are melt in your mouth soft, with a nice tanginess from the cream cheese. They&#8217;re easy to put together and you finish them off with a light dusting of confectioners sugar once they&#8217;re baked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238,4],"tags":[97,1071,6413],"class_list":["post-48101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-baking","tag-cookies","tag-cream-cheese-cookies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-cvP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46632,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/12\/08\/white-chocolate-cranberry-cookies\/","url_meta":{"origin":48101,"position":0},"title":"White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"December 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"It's that time of year when I start stockpiling cookie dough in my freezer to bake in the upcoming weeks. 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