 Hey guys, welcome back to our channel. My name is Andrea with food inventory adventures in food And I am here today to share one of my favorite cookie recipes I have been making these cookies for over 15 years and they're always a hit And they just call for a few simple ingredients I'll make sure to link the recipe in the description box so that you'll have the exact measurements but you are going to need some cream cheese and Some butter and the cream cheese and butter are softened to room temperature You're going to need some sugar and some flour Now I wanted to point this out quickly because the amount of flour that you add Can affect the texture of these cookies and every other thing that you may happen to bake There's a big difference between a liquid measuring cup, which is right here and a dry measuring cup Which is right here Whenever you're measuring dry ingredients like flour You definitely want to use a dry measuring cup and you don't want to take the measuring cup and just scoop it into the flour You actually want to use a spoon and place the flour in the cup and then level it off with a knife Because if you take the dry measuring cup and just pack it or just stick it Into the container and pack the flour you could actually end up with too much flour Which will affect the texture of whatever you're baking so I just wanted to point that out If you want to see how these quick and easy cookies come together stay tuned So the first thing that I'm going to do is add in my cream cheese and I would definitely suggest using a full fat cream cheese here You don't want to use a light cream cheese because it may affect the texture and I'm going to add in my butter Definitely want to use butter here. Don't use margarine in this recipe. It just won't turn out the same So I am just going to cream this with my hand mixer until it's smooth So my cream cheese and butter are mixed together next thing I'm going to do is add in my sugar and Again, I'm going to mix it till it is nice and creamy so that is nice and creamy and light as a feather and Next I'm just going to add in my flour a little bit at a time guys So I have everything all mixed up. You'll notice that this dough is very very sticky This is not a cookie dough that you can roll out. Believe me. I've tried I've put this dough in the refrigerator and then I tried to roll it out. It just doesn't work It's also really Too sticky for a cookie press. These are true drop cookies. I've just wanted to let you know that it's a very very Sticky dough. All right, so I'm gonna quickly go wash my hands and I'm going to grab the cookie sheet and I will be right back So I have my cookie sheet right here I have my oven preheated to 350 degrees and all I'm going to do now is just take the cookie dough I have a tablespoon here and a teaspoon and I just filled up my spoon about half way I would say with some dough and Just gonna drop it off. All right. I've got all the dough in the pan You may have to go back like I did and add a little bit of dough to some or take some away You do want them to be even Like an even amount of dough so that they'll bake evenly So I am going to pop these in the oven for about 12 minutes or until they Start to get slightly brown around the edges and then of course I will bring you back and show you what they look like So I baked up the cookies and let me show you the difference in how I baked each batch So this is a very first batch that I baked and I forgot how much these cookies actually spread out So instead of putting them four across. I really should have put them three across So I ended up baking these for 15 minutes and my husband is here He's gonna break open one so you guys can see the inside And here it is It's a really light Cream cheesy cookie. It's very good and it's a break from the traditional sugar cookie So the other batches I baked for 13 minutes and he's gonna show you what those look like So we're actually a house divided here He prefers a softer cookie like this one that I baked for 13 minutes And I prefer the crunchier cookie that I baked for 15 minutes So anyway guys, I hope you all enjoyed this video If you did please make sure to give us a thumbs up if you have not subscribed to our channel I certainly hope you'll do so. Thanks so much for watching and we'll see you guys next time