Northeast Gardening: What your family's favorite Christmas cookie???, 1 by DavEdsel

DavEdsel wrote:
I was in the mood to make cookies today, but we have no white flower. So, I thought I had seen some recipes on the net for making cookies using a box cake mix. I found a few, and came up with this recipe and made them this morning. My recipe and a picture of my cookies are below. When everyone gets home from work, they will be gone for sure.

Easy Almond Cream Cheese Cookies

Cookie:
1 stick butter or margarine, well softened
1 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 regular size (18-22 ounce) box any flavor cake mix
1/3 cup finely chopped almonds

Glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
About ¼ cup milk

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, mix butter, cream cheese, eggs and extracts until very well blended. Mix in the cake mix and nuts until well blended.
Drop onto lightly greased cookie sheets with wet teaspoons keeping cookies uniform in size. Flatten each cookie slightly with back of wet teaspoon or wet fingers.
Bake for 12-15 minutes until bottoms are lightly browned.
Transfer baked cookies onto rack and cover with tea towels until completely cool.
In a medium size bowl, mix together glaze ingredients until smooth and drizzle or spread on top of each cookie.
Let glaze dry.

Yields about 2 dozen cookies.

Enjoy!