Shelly's Recipe

ORANGE CREAM CHEESE COOKIES

Category: Cookies

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 oz. cream cheese
1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp frozen orange juice
Zest of one orange
1 1/2 cup sifted flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder

Preheat oven 350. In a medium bowl, beat butter and sugar until creamy. Beat in cream cheese and egg yolk. Add vanilla, orange juice and orange zest. Sift together flour, salt and baking powder; fold it into mixture. Chill the dough for one hour. Drop by tspfuls onto a cookie sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Variation: lemon rind and lemonade concentrate.