My mom found this recipe in 17 magazine when she was a kid. It has been a staple ever since. Growing up we had bins and bins of cookie cutters! 

Ingredients:
2 sticks of butter
1 tsp vanilla 
3 oz pack cream cheese
1 egg yolk
2 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar 

Directions:
Combine Butter and Cream Cheese 
Add egg yolk and vanilla
Beat in flour slowly 
Mix together into a ball
chill overnight in fridge, wrapped in parchment paper 
next day..
roll out to desired thickness 
preheat oven to 350
cut out cookies
cook for 12 min 


Glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tbsp water
2 tsp lemon juice