Easy-Peasy Pecan Cream Cheese Cutout Cookies (potential to be Gluten Free)

I cannot believe how easy & fabulous tasting these cookies are!  The reason I say that there's the potential to be GF is because if you use Betty Crocker's GF Sugar Cookie Mix... Voila! Gluten Free Cutout Sugar Cookies that hold their shape!

Recipe here: http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/cream-cheese-pecan-cookies/09c78228-6424-4a55-b4b3-0eda2536ac69

Here it is in action:

 I took the dough & made 2 discs. 

 This is 1 disc, pre-flattened with the butt of my palm. 

I rolled it out to 1/4" with my cookie slats my hubby made me.  I was also enjoying an afternoon cup of 

Tim Horton's coffee while watching Zumba_Lo's videos on my iPhone. ;)

Place your rolled out dough in the fridge for 15-30 mins to make cutting & moving the raw dough easier. 

Whenever I cut cookies with nuts or fruit in them, I keep the pattern/cutter simple and use a sharp, metal one. Nuts & fruits can play havoc with the edges of your cookies so you want a clear cut. As you're moving them to the sheet, fold any excess around the bottom edge under the cookie. I moved mine while in the cutter so that I could do this. 

I baked my cookies for 12 mins... Not quite enough.  Then I tried 15 (based on how many extra minutes I had to bake the first batch to get them done. Just a touch too much. At this point... Goldilocks showed up and I got distracted and haven't a clue what the timing was that was just right! Believe me, I was trying to focus but by then my foot was hurting too much to really keep my mind on minutes spent standing at the oven when I just desperately wanted to lay down. :( I'm bummed too!

So, base the timing on your oven & preferred level of doneness. When I make these again I will focus better & update with the correct time.

The best part of this recipe is how little they spread and how fabulous they taste! Hubby HAD to have one based on the smell. He was not disappointed. I plan on icing them with a chocolate glaze. :D

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