Queso Fresco Sugar Cookies recipe

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Ingredients

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups white sugar
¾ cup butter, at room temperature
¾ cup queso fresco, at room temperature
1 egg
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Nutrition Info

108.3 calories
carbohydrate: 15.3 g
cholesterol: 17 mg
fat: 4.5 g
fiber: 0.2 g
protein: 1.7 g
saturatedFat: 2.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 110.1 mg
sugar: 8.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

  2. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl.

  3. Beat sugar, butter, and queso fresco together in a large bowl. Add egg, mix well until combined. Mix in vanilla extract. Slowly mix in flour mixture, 1 cup at a time, until dough is thoroughly combined.

  4. Shape tablespoonfuls of dough into balls and place 1-inch apart on baking sheets.

  5. Bake in the preheated oven until set, 9 to 11 minutes. Cool on the baking sheets for 2 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

Recipe Yield

3 dozen

Recipe Note

I was inspired by other cookie recipes that use cream cheese so I decided to try it with something new - queso fresco! Quite possibly the best sugar cookies I've ever had!

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