Preheat oven to 350ºF.
Weigh out the flour.
1 ½ cups White Whole Wheat Flour
Combine the flour, baking powder, and nutmeg with a whisker. Set aside.
1 teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg, 1 ½ cups White Whole Wheat Flour
Add the butter, cream cheese, sugar and extract to another bowl.
2 tablespoon butter, 2 tablespoon low fat Cream cheese, ⅓ cup sugar
Using an electric hand mixer, cream the butter, cream cheese, sugar and extract.
2 tablespoon powder sugar
Beat the egg into the sugar mixture for 1 minute.
1 egg
Add about ⅓ of the flour mixture to the bowl.
Mix on low speed until just combined the add another ⅓.
Finally add the last ⅓ and 1 tablespoon of milk to help incorporate everything if needed. It will be thick.
1 tablespoon skim milk
At this point you can add some food color if you like.
food coloring
Gather all the dough and form a flat ball.
Cover in saran wrap and refrigerate while you make the glazes.
Once the glazes are done, rolle the dough out about ⅛ of an inch thick.
Have fun with your favorite cookie cutters.
Lay the cut cookies on a cookie sheet. They shouldn’t stick but a little non-stick spray never hurt anyone.
Bake for around 10 minutes until the bottom just starts to brown. Remove them from the cookie sheet and let them cool.