Snowflake Cookies (Cookie Press Recipe)

• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 3 ounces cream cheese
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• colored crystal sugar, for decoration

1. Cream together butter and cream cheese until smooth.
2. Beat in egg yolk and extracts, then gradually beat in sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Mix together the flour and salt, then slowly add flour mixture just until well blended.
4. Put dough in cookie press and make favorite shapes (wreath, tree, etc.).
5. Sprinkle with colored sugar and bake in 350-degree oven for 10-12 minutes or until golden.
6. Remove from oven and let set on baking sheet 3 minutes to set.
7. Cool on wire rack.

unsalted butter, cream cheese, egg yolk, almond, vanilla, sugar, salt, flour, colored crystal sugar

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/snowflake-cookies-cookie-press-recipe-101469 (may not work)