Best Cream Cheese Wreath Cookies Recipes

CREAM CHEESE COOKIES I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter, cream cheese, and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. Stir in flour until well blended. Drop dough by spoonfuls or use a cookie press to place onto prepared cookie sheets. If using floral cookie press design, make an indentation in the center with a thimble, fill with preserves, or press candy into center.
• Bake for 15 minutes in preheated oven. Cookies should be pale.

CREAM CHEESE WREATH

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, mix the cream cheese and cheddar cheese with an electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
• 2. Add the next five ingredients and blend well. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
• 3. Place a drinking glass in the center of your serving platter. Drop round tablespoonfuls of cheese mixture around the base of the glass, just touching the outer edges to form a ring. Smooth with a spatula. Remove the glass.
• 4. Garnish with chopped red bell pepper and fresh chopped parsley if desired. Serve with crackers, breadsticks, or fresh veggies.

CREAM CHEESE SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Cream butter and cream cheese together in a bowl using an electric mixer; add sugar and beat well. Mix in vanilla extract and food coloring. Slowly add flour and mix well to combine.
• Fill a cookie press with dough and form cookies onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are set, 8 to 10 minutes, making sure to remove at the first hint of browning.

COOKIE-PRESS CHRISTMAS WREATH CREAM CHEESE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream the cheese in the mixer, then add sugar, then butter. Add vanilla and food coloring. Gradually blend in flour. Fill cookie press. Use a 1/2" star mold. Squeeze and rotate at the same time. Form wreaths on ungreased cookie sheet. Gently push ends together. Bake for about 8 minutes or until first tinge of brown on an edge. Remove or loosen at once. Use red buttercream icing to add a bow and make three berry dots in three locations on the wreaths.

CHRISTMAS TREE CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Add the cream cheese, Cheddar, cayenne, Worcestershire, scallions, lemon juice and some salt and pepper to the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until the mixture is almost smooth; you still want a few bits of cheese in there. Remove with a rubber spatula to a piece of plastic wrap and wrap up the cheese mixture. Place in the freezer for 30 minutes.
• Shape the cheese mixture with your hands into a Christmas tree/cone using the plastic wrap to keep it together. Mix the chopped parsley and dill together on a plate or work surface. Coat the shaped cheese in the chopped herbs.
• Transfer the cheese tree to the center of a platter. Decorate with the pomegranate seeds as ornaments. Serve with buttery crackers.

CREAM CHEESE WREATH COOKIES

Steps:

• In a mixer beat the butter until smooth.
• Add the cream cheese, sugar, egg yolks, and vanilla until smooth blending each ingredient before adding the next.
• If you are going to add color to the dough this is the stage to do it. Mix in your coloring to the desired tone.
• Add Flour and salt to the mixture.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or grease the sheets (whichever you prefer).
• Place dough into a cookie press and if using a star pattern, press out approximately 3-4 inches of dough.
• Form the strings into circles and decorate with sprinkles and candied cherries.
• Place decorated cookies in a 400 degree oven for 7-8 minutes.

DANISH CREAM CHEESE WREATH

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Cut 1/2 cup butter into 1 cup flour.
• Sprinkle 2 T. water over flour mixture; mix with a fork.
• Shape into roll with floured hands.
• Pat and shape into wreath shape, 11 1/2 inches in diameter with 4 inch wide side and 3 1/2- inch hole in center on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Beat cream cheese, sugar and egg yolk in small bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• Spread evenly over wreath to within a 1/4-inch of edges.
• Heat 1/2 cup butter and 1 cup water to rolling boil in a 2 quart saucepan, remove from heat and quickly stir in the almond extract and 1 cup flour.
• Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball, about 1 minute, remove from heat.
• Add eggs, beat until smooth and glossy.
• Spread evenly over cream cheese mixture.
• Bake until topping is crisp and lightly browned, 40 to 45 minutes; cool (topping will shrink and fall).
• Drizzle with glaze and garnish with cherries.
• Glaze: Mix 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, and 1 to 2 tablespoon hot water until smooth and desired consistency.

HOLLY WREATHS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Cream butter and cream cheese. Add sugar; beat until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. , Using a cookie press fitted with a star piping tip, shape dough into 2-1/2-in. wreaths 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until set (do not brown), 8-10 minutes. Cool on wire racks., Decorate with green cherry pieces for leaves and Red Hots for berries. Use red decorating icing to form bows and adhere candy to wreaths.