Comments on: Cream Cheese Cookies-Original

By: Lynne

Lynne — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 22:10:03 +0000

In reply to Christie. Christie, you could use almond extract. I've only ever used vanilla in this recipe. Would love to hear your thoughts after you make them, with that change, so please let me know! Enjoy them!

By: Christie

Christie — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 20:58:08 +0000

So I’m going to give this recipe a shot. Looks easy enough and sounds like my kind of cookie. I do have a question, can you use any kind of extract flavor? I like the Almond extract and cream of tarter flavors in my cookies. Just looking for something easy and different. Thanks!

By: Lynne

Lynne — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 20:45:20 +0000

In reply to Ellen. Ellen, that's awesome. Good for you changing it up to make your hubby a happy camper!! I never even thought about making them with cocoa, so now you've got me thinking. Thanks so much for the comment. I hope you enjoy the original recipe as much as the one you made!

By: Ellen

Ellen — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 02:39:38 +0000

Thanks for sharing your grandma’s delicious recipe. I had planned to follow your recipe exactly, but after I had mixed the cream cheese and shortening, my husband asked what I was making. I told him, and he said, “But I wanted chocolate cookies !”, teasing me. I thought, “Why not?” So, I used 3/4 cup flour plus 1 TB, and 3 TB cocoa instead of 1 cup flour. I used my small cookie scoop and did not flatten the dough. They did not spread at all during baking, so they were little cookie balls. We ate nearly all of them last night – they were that good. I baked them for 13 minutes, and I live at 5500 feet above sea level. They were just barely browned on the bottom. I plan to make your original recipe next month when my daughter and granddaughters are visiting us.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 19:12:38 +0000

In reply to Maggie. Thanks, Maggie! My grandmother made these cookies all the time when I was little. I like them because they aren't too sweet. Keep it up, girl!

By: Maggie

Maggie — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 16:10:25 +0000

As mentioned on the Day 1 post I was starting with Day 2, these Cream Cheese Cookies. I like that they were very easy to make! As I don’t have a professional mixer like you I had to cream together the cream cheese and the butter by hand. It took a little bit of muscle and elbow grease but I got the job done, and hey I got a good workout while I was at :-P. I ended up rolling the dough into little balls before making the first batch and to my surprise they did not flatten out even in the least so I ended up with these round little cookies, which I didn’t mind. The next batch I rolled into balls again but flattened with a spoon before baking and I ended up with disc shaped cookies. I had never had a Cream Cheese Cookie before and upon tasting them I was pleasantly surprised. Not too sweet and not too bland, just right. For an added sweetness I added a pre-made cream cheese frosting to half of the cookies. I brought the cookies into work and my co-workers preferred the cream cheese frosted cookies vs the plain ones. Either way the cookies were a success! This is one I will be keeping on the books.