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Snowflake Cookies
1 cup butter
1 3-ounce package cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350 F. Cream together butter, cream
cheese and sugar. Beat in egg yolk, vanilla and orange
zest. Sift together flour, salt, and cinnamon. Gradually
blend flour mixture into butter mixture. Fill cookie
press. Form cookies on ungreased cookie sheets. Sprinkle
with colored sugar, if desired. Bake 12 to 15 minutes.
Remove at once to cooling racks. Yield: 60 Cookies
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