Weight Watchers Classic Sugar Cookies - Points = 1

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup neufchatel cheese
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup skim milk
• 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour (for rolling out dough)
• 1/3 cup colored crystal sugar (for decorating)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350ºf.
• 2 in a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and nutmeg; set aside.
• 3 place butter and cheese in a large bowl; cream using an electric mixer. add sugar and beat until batter is pale yellow; beat in vanilla extract and egg.
• 4 add about 1/3 of flour mixture and 1/3 of milk to cheese mixture; mix batter on low speed until just combined. repeat 2 more times with remaining flour mixture and milk, until thoroughly combined into cheese mixture.
• 5 shape dough into a ball and loosely cover with plastic wrap. using your palms, press down on plastic wrap to flatten dough into a hamburger shape; refrigerate for at least 30 minutes and up to 2 days.
• 6 sprinkle a teaspoon of flour on a flat work surface. pull off about 1/3 of dough and, using a rolling pin, roll out dough to 1/8-inch thickness. using a 3-inch circular cookie cutter, cut cookies out of dough and place on ungreased baking sheets. roll up dough scraps and add back to dough ball. pull off another 1/3 of dough and repeat process until all dough is used — recipe will make approximately 45 cookies.
• 7 sprinkle cookies with colored sugar and bake until edges just start to turn golden, about 10 to 12 minutes. remove cookies to wire racks and cool completely. yields 1 cookie per serving.