Saturday night Tad and I made Christmas sugar cookies together. We used a recipe my mom gave me that holds its shape and is surprisingly soft and chewy! This recipe was discovered after many frustrating years of very fat snowflakes that lost their shape while baking. 🙂

1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda

Beat together the cream cheese, butter, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl on medium speed until well blended.

Add the flour and baking soda and mix well.

Roll dough to 1/8 inch thickness on lightly floured surface.

Cut into shapes. Place on grease baking sheets and decorate as desired.

Bake 10-12 minutes (less for smaller cookies) edit: at 350 degrees or until edges begin to brown. Transfer cookies to wire rack. Cool completely.

Makes about 3 1/2 dozen.

Enjoy!(We didn’t have any Christmas sprinkles!)