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Easiest Eggless Sugar Cookies Recipe

Published: Nov 27, 2022

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Eggless Sugar Cookies that are incredibly easy to make and stays soft for days. In this recipe, eggs are replaced with cream cheese. Perfect cookie recipe for Holidays!

Looking for more Cookie recipes? Then do check out my Vegan Breakfast Cookies, Nutella Cookies, and Chocolate Almond Flour Cookies

eggless sugar cookies placed in a plate

You will love these Eggless Sugar Cookies

  • they are buttery and tender
  • incredibly easy to make
  • egg is replaced with cream cheese
  • stays soft for many days

If you are looking for more Eggless recipes, then do try my

  • Eggless Tresleches Cake
  • Eggless Brownies
  • Eggless Almond Cake
  • Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake

Ingredients

picture of the ingredients needed to make cream cheese sugar cookies

Butter – unsalted butter at room temperature. Remove the butter from the refrigerator at least 2 hours before making the cookies.

Cream Cheese – Remove the cream cheese from the refrigerator at least one hour before. Use block cream cheese not the whipped one.

Step by Step Method –

1- Pre heat the oven to 350 F and line two baking dishes with parchment paper.

2- In a bowl sift all purpose flour, baking powder and salt.

3- In a large bowl add the softened butter, cream cheese and sugar and using a hand held mixer, cream the mixture for 2 to 2 ½ minutes. You can also use a whisk to mix the ingredients.

4 – Add vanilla extract and mix it well.

sifted flour and butter and sugar whisked

5- Add the flour mixture and with a spatula mix it well. Initially the mixture will look crumbly, but will come together.

6 – Now use your hands to mix the dough and bring it together. The dough should be soft but not sticky. If the dough is very sticky, add 1 to 2 teaspoon flour and mix it.

7 – Put the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to chill. After 30 minutes, remove the dough, mix it and make 12- 14 balls.

add flour to the butter sugar mixture and made round balls

8 – In a bowl add some sugar to coat the cookies. Coat each dough ball with sugar and place them on the parchment lined baking pan.

9 – Gently press them with the bottom of a glass cup to flatten it slightly. Do not press too much, if not the cookies will become too thin.

coat the dough with sugar and place them on parchment paper

10 – Bake the cookies in the middle rack of the oven for 9 – 10 minutes, until they just start to get a hint of color. Do not over bake.

11- The cookies will be soft and pale and little puffy in the center. They will flatten as they cool.

12 – Cool the cookies on the tray for 4-5 minutes, before transferring them to a wire rack to cool. After ten minutes of cooling transfer them to a air tight container to keep them soft.

baked sugar cookies

soft eggless sugar cookie held in teh hand

Protips –

Make sure the cream cheese and butter are soft and at room temperature.

Do not over bake, infact its ok to under bake as the cookies continue to cook as the cool in the tray.

Measuring the flour– To measure the flour, use a spoon to fill the measuring cup with flour till top and then use a knife to level it off.

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eggless sugar cookies placed in a plate

Easiest Eggless Sugar Cookies Recipe

Soft and Chewy Eggless Sugar Cookies that are incredibly easy to make and stays soft for days. In this recipe, eggs are replaced with cream cheese.
5 from 2 votes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, International
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
Resting time: 30 minutes minutes
Servings: 14
Author: Madhavi

Equipment

  • Oven

Ingredients

  • 1 cup + 2 tablespoon all purpose flour
  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • 1 stick unsalted soft butter at room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons cream cheese, softened at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • extra sugar for rolling

Instructions

  • Pre heat the oven to 350 F and line two baking dishes with parchment paper.
  • In a bowl sift all purpose flour, baking powder and salt.
  • In a large bowl add the softened butter, cream cheese and sugar and using a hand held mixer, cream the mixture for 2 to 2 ½ minutes. You can also use a whisk to mix the ingredients.
  • Add vanilla extract and mix it well.
  • Add the flour mixture and with a spatula mix it well. Initially the mixture will look crumbly, but will come together.
  • Now use your hands to mix the dough and bring it together. The dough should be soft but not sticky. If the dough is very sticky, add 1 to 2 teaspoon flour and mix it.
  • Put the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to chill. After 30 minutes, remove the dough, mix it and make 12- 14 balls.
  • In a bowl add some sugar to coat the cookies. Coat each dough ball with sugar and place them on the parchment lined baking pan.
  • Gently press them with the bottom of a glass cup to flatten it slightly. Do not press too much, if not the cookies will become too thin.
  •  Bake the cookies in the middle rack of the oven for 9 – 10 minutes, until they just start to get a hint of color. Do not over bake.
  • The cookies will be soft and pale and little puffy in the center. They will flatten as they cool.
  •  Cool the cookies on the tray for 4-5 minutes, before transferring them to a wire rack to cool. After ten minutes of cooling transfer them to a air tight container to keep them soft.

Notes

Make sure the cream cheese and butter are soft and at room temperature.
Once cooled transfer the cookie to a air tight container to keep them soft for long time.
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