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Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies

Published: Dec 11, 2019 · Modified: Nov 15, 2023 by Arlene Mobley · This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

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Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies are another favorite Christmas Spritz cookie recipe that is perfect for the holidays.

Spritz cookies are easy to make and can be colored and decorated in red and green for Christmas.

A holiday plate piled high with decorated Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies
Decorated Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies in red, green and white.

Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies Ingredients

The cream cheese is what give these spritz cookies their soft interior.

  • softened unsalted butter
  • softened cream cheese
  • granulated white sugar
  • pure vanilla extract
  • all-purpose flour

Ingredients to decorate Spritz cookies

If you are going to color the cookie dough and decorate them with sprinkles you will also need these supplies.

  • AmeriColor #111 Leaf Green Soft Gel Paste Food Color
  • AmericColor #119 Red Red Soft Gel Paste Food Color
  • White Chocolate Chips-melt and drizzled over green Christmas Tree Spritz cookies.
  • Red, Green, White Non-Pareils
  • Powdered sugar glaze-recipe below in the recipe card
A plate of Christmas cookies.

Let's make cookies

  • Step 1: In a large mixing bowl beat together with an electric mixer the butter and cream cheese until combined well, lump free and creamy.
  • Step 2: Add the granulated sugar to the bowl and beat for 1 or 2 minutes until the sugar is combined.
  • Step 3: Add the almond and vanilla extract to the bowl and beat in well.
  • Step 4: Add ½ of the all-purpose flour to the bowl and beat on low until the flour is combined with the ingredients.
  • Step 5: Add the remaining flour to the bowl and beat until the flour is complexly mixed in with the other cookie dough ingredients. Scrape the bowl and mix again.
  • Step 6: Divide the dough in thirds. Wrap ⅓ of the dough in plastic wrap and set aside.

How to color Spritz cookie dough

  1. After mixing the Cream Cheese Spritz cookie dough divide the dough into three portions.
  2. Wrap one portion of uncolored cookie dough in plastic wrap and set aside.
  3. Place each of the two remaining portions of spritz cookie dough in separate bowls.
  4. Squeeze 2 to 3 drops of food coloring in each bowl. Mix the gel food coloring into the cookie dough with a spoon. Mix well so there are no streaks of uncolored dough seen. Add another drop or two of food coloring to each bowl until you get the color of the dough to your liking.
  5. Wrap each individual piece of colored dough in plastic wrap and chill for about 60 minutes before pressing the cookies.
Red, green and white colored Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies on a holiday plate decorated with sprinkles and cookie sugar
Christmas red, green and white decorated Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies

Decorating Spritz Cookies

It is so much fun to make decorated Spritz cookies for Christmas.

Decorating Spritz cookies is pretty easy as long as you have a couple of cookie decorating supplies on hand.

Serving platter with a stack of Christmas Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies
How to make and decorate Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies for Christmas

If you want to make pretty colored and decorated spritz cookies to dazzle your guests over the holidays you can do it in a number of ways.

over head photo of pressed Sprtiz cookies shaped like a flower on a aluminum baking sheet before they go in the oven.

How to press Spritz cookies

Once the dough has chilled fill a cookie press with the Spritz dough, select a cookie press disk that matches the cookie shape you want to press and attach it on the Spritz cookie press following the manufacturers directions.

Press the Spritz cookies onto an ungreased aluminum baking sheet. Bake as directed below.

How to get sprinkles to stick to Spritz cookies

There are a couple of tricks on how to get sprinkles to stick to spritz cookies.

If you want to add the sprinkles to the Spritz cookies before baking shake the sprinkles over the top of the cookie. Then gently use your finger to lightly tap your finger tip over the sprinkles.

This will help the sprinkles embed into the soft cookie dough. Do this gently so you don't damage the shape of the Spritz cookie.

Decorated Spritz Cookies on a cake stand

My favorite way to get sprinkles to stick to Spritz cookies is to dip the baked Spritz cookie into a powdered sugar glaze then shake the sprinkles over the glaze while it is wet.

The sprinkles will stick to the Spritz cookies every single time. The white cookies above have been decorated with a glaze and sprinkles.

Expert Recipe Tips

  • You can color the spritz cookie dough with green gel food coloring to make pretty green Christmas tree spritz cookies.
  • You can color the spritz cookie dough red to make pretty red flower spritz cookies.
  • You can dip the uncolored spritz cookies in a powdered sugar glaze and sprinkle red and green non perils or red sugar sprinkles on them.

More Christmas spritz cookie recipes

Check out the other Spritz cookies you can make for Christmas.

  • A plate of decorated Almond Spritz Cookies
    Almond Spritz Cookies Recipe
  • Christmas Sandwich Cookies
    Christmas Sandwich Cookies
  • A holiday plate with a variety of German Christmas cookies made with a German Spritz Cookies recipe
    German Spritz Cookies
  • Red, green and white Christmas Spritz cookies on a holiday plate.
    How To Make Christmas Spritz Cookies

Make a batch or two of these pretty Christmas cookies for your Christmas party or cookie exchange. They will look beautiful on your dessert table.

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red, green and white Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies decorated with a powdered sugar glaze and Christmas sprinkles

Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies Recipe

Arlene Mobley - Flour On My Face
Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies are a traditional Christmas cookie recipe. Red, Green and white decorated Spritz cookies are perfect for your holiday dessert table and cookie exchange.
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 12 minutes mins
Chill 1 hour hr
Total Time 1 hour hr 22 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 30 Servings
Calories 139 kcal

Equipment

  • Hand Mixer
  • Mixing Bowls
  • zip topped bag or icing decorator bag
  • AmeriColor #111 Leaf Green Gel Food coloring
  • AmeriColor #119 Red Red Gel Food coloring
  • Christmas Sprinkles: Red, Green, White Non-Perils and holiday sprinkles

Ingredients  

  • 1 cup unsalted butter ((softened))
  • 3 oz cream cheese ((softened))
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ teaspoon pure almond extract
  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract (I used my homemade vanilla extract)
  • 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

Sugar Glaze

  • 2 cups powdered sugar ((sifted))
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons water
  • ⅛ teaspoon pure Almond Extract

Decorating Supplies

  • White Chocolate Chips to melt and drizzled over green Christmas Tree Spritz cookies.
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Instructions 

  • In a large bowl beat together with an electric mixer the butter and cream cheese until combined well, lump free and creamy.
  • Add the granulated sugar to the bowl and beat in for 1 or 2 minutes until the sugar is combined.
  • Add the almond and vanilla extract to the bowl and beat in well.
  • Add ½ of the all-purpose flour to the bowl and beat on low until the flour is combined with the ingredients. Add the remaining flour to the bowl and beat until the flour is complexly mixed in with the other cookie dough ingredients. Scrape the bowl and mix again.
  • Divide the dough in thirds. Wrap ⅓ of the dough in plastic wrap and set aside. 
  • Transfer one of the thirds of dough to a small bowl. Add 5 drops of red gel food dye to the bowl and mix with a spoon until the food dye is mixed evenly into the cookie dough with no streaks of red showing. Wrap the red colored dough in plastic wrap. Set aside.
  • Repeat with the remaining ⅓ of cookie dough and color with green gel food dye. Wrap in plastic wrap.
  • Chill the cookie dough for at least an hour.
  • Preheat oven to 350 F.
  • Remove one portion of the cookie dough from the refrigerator. Allow cookie dough to come to almost room temperature. Fill a Spritz cookie dough press with the dough. Press cookies out onto an aluminum baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes just until the edges of the cookies are slightly golden. Remove baking sheet from the oven and place on a cooling rack for 5 minutes. Transfer cooled cookies to a cooling rack. Cool completely before decorating. 
  • Wipe the baking sheet with a paper towel between cookie batches. Cool the cookie sheet completely before pressing the next batch of cookies.
  • Repeat until all of the cream cheese Spritz cookies have been baked.
  • Makes about 5 dozen cookies.

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Recipe Expert Tips

Spritz Cookie Decorating Tips
  • You can color the spritz cookie dough with green gel food coloring to make pretty green Christmas tree spritz cookies.
  • You can color the spritz cookie dough red to make pretty red flower spritz cookies.
  • You can dip the uncolored spritz cookies in a powdered sugar glaze and sprinkle red and green non perils or red sugar sprinkles on them.
How to get sprinkles to stick to cookies
  • If you want to add the sprinkles to the Spritz cookies before baking shake the sprinkles over the top of the cookie. Then gently use your finger to lightly tap your finger tip over the sprinkles.
  • My favorite way to get sprinkles to stick to Spritz cookies is to dip the baked Spritz cookie into a powdered sugar glaze then shake the sprinkles over the glaze while it is wet. The sprinkles will stick to the Spritz cookies every single time.
  • The white cookies above have been decorated with a glaze and sprinkles.

Nutrition

Serving: 2CookieCalories: 139kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 1gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 19mgSodium: 10mgPotassium: 15mgFiber: 1gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 227IUCalcium: 6mgIron: 1mg
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  1. Larry Gaines

    December 11, 2019 at 12:39 pm

    Would like to know what cookie press you are using. I have had 4 break and now I am using the new all metal one from Impress Bakeware , who makes the disks
    Thank You

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    • Arlene Mobley

      December 11, 2019 at 12:51 pm

      Hi Larry how are you liking the Impress cookie press? I am using the Wilton Cookie press which is a plastic body with metal disks. I have been looking at a few of the full metal cookie presses and wondered if they worked better.

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