Sugar and spice

... makes Christmas nice.

Well, not exactly true. But I ran out of ideas for this post's title so that will do for now.

We have an on-going bake-athon at the office. Every morning, freshly baked goods are brought and sold. It's a fundraising event. I was this Monday's volunteer baker and I brought one of my all-time favourite cookies - cranberry-cream cheese cookies. Well, the original recipe didn't have cranberries. I just added them to make the cookies look festive.

I've had some nice feedback and some of my colleagues had asked for the recipe. So I thought of posting it here in case you my lovelies, are interested. It's a very simple recipe I think anyone can do it. Here goes ...

 ½ cup butter or margarine
 ½ cup sugar
¼ lb (125 g) cream cheese
1 egg, beaten
2 cups flour
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder

1.) Cream together butter or margarine and sugar. Add the cream cheese and the egg.
2.) Add sifted dry ingredients.
3.) Shape into rolls and wrap in waxed paper. Chill and then slice thinly and place on a greased cookie sheet.
4.) Bake in a 350 F (180 C) oven for 10 minutes.


Like I mentioned earlier, I added the dried cranberries (about half a cup) to make the cookies look Christmas-y. I guess you can add any dried fruit that you like.

Enjoy!