Best White Velvet Cutouts Recipes

WHITE VELVET CUTOUTS

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We make and decorate these cutouts for different holidays and give lots of them as gifts. Last year, we baked a batch a week before Christmas to be sure we'd have plenty to give and plenty for ourselves, too. These rich cookies melt in your mouth. -Kim Hinkle, Wauseon, Ohio

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 35m

Yield about 5-1/2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

2 cups butter, softened
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
2 cups sugar
2 large egg yolks, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
FROSTING:
3 tablespoons butter, softened
1 tablespoon shortening
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
4 to 5 tablespoons 2% milk
Food coloring, optional

Steps:

In a large bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla. Gradually beat flour into creamed mixture. Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk; wrap and refrigerate until firm enough to roll, 2 hours., Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with floured 3-in. cookie cutters. Place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake until set (do not brown), 10-12 minutes. Cool on pans 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a bowl, beat butter, shortening and vanilla until blended. Beat in confectioners' sugar and enough milk to reach spreading consistency; beat until light and fluffy, 3 minutes. If desired, beat in food coloring. Frost cookies. (Keep frosting covered with a damp towel to prevent it from drying out.)

Nutrition Facts : Calories 149 calories, Fat 8g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 26mg cholesterol, Sodium 62mg sodium, Carbohydrate 19g carbohydrate (13g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

WHITE VELVET CUTOUTS

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This is an excellent cookie to decorate.

Provided by Glenda

Categories Desserts Cookies Refrigerator Cookie Recipes

Yield 36

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 cup butter
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
1 cup white sugar
1 egg yolk
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

Cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolk and the vanilla. Stir in the flour. Gather the dough into a ball and chill overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
On a lightly floured board, roll dough out to a thickness of 3/16 inch. Cut into desired shapes and place onto an ungreased baking sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Let cool. Leave the cookies plain or decorate with your favorite icing.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 108.2 calories, Carbohydrate 12.3 g, Cholesterol 21.8 mg, Fat 6.1 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 1.2 g, SaturatedFat 3.8 g, Sodium 43.7 mg, Sugar 5.6 g

WHITE VELVET CUTOUTS

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Categories Cookies

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 C Peanut Butter
3oz Cream Cheese
1 C Sugar
1 Egg Yolk
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 C flour
Cookie Paints (See Separate Recipe)

Steps:

Cream butter and cream cheese well. Beat in sugar, then add egg yolk and vanilla. Stir in flour. Gather dough into a ball and chill overnight. Heat oven to 350 degrees. On lightly floured board, roll dough out to thickness a little less than 1/4". Using cookie cutters, cut out various shapes. Gather up dough scraps and roll out again and cut out more cookies. Continue until dough is used up. Place cookie shapes on ungreased cookie sheets and decorate with cookie paints and colorful sugars. Bake for 12 minutes or until done, but not browned. Cool on wire rack.