Is the Recipe Calling for the Wrong Amount of Cream Cheese?

[NooraK]

I received a couple of files of cookie press recipes from my HD. I was going through them, editing spelling and adding °F etc. I was looking at this recipe, and it doesn't make sense to me that it would call for 1 pkg of cream cheese, but then state that it should be 3 oz. I don't know if I've ever seen a 3 oz package of cream cheese. I could see how it would be possible that if the recipe was originally hand written that someone could see an 8 as a 3.

What do you think?

Lemon-Cheese Pressed Cookies
1 cup Butter or margarine, softened
1 pkg. (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 tsp Grated lemon peel
1 tbs Lemon juice
2 ½ cup Flour
1 tsp Baking powder

Cream butter, cheese and sugar until fluffy. Blend in remaining ingredients. Cover, chill for 1 hour. Heat oven to 375®F. Fill cookie press with ¼ of dough at a time; form desired shapes on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown on edges. About 5 dozen 2-inch cookies.

 

[ShelbyMichalek]

hmmm at first id say typo, but then i think cream cheese is avail in little tubs that might be 3 oz?

 

[wadesgirl]

Actually there are mini boxes that are only 3 oz. The reason I know... I hated seeing the three oz ones when I needed 4 oz! 4 meant I had to buy a full box and only use half and throw the other half away!

 

[Sheila]

I'm about 99% sure that I've seen the 3 oz ones.

 

[pcsharon1]

It probably is right - you can buy mini boxes of cream cheese. I have never purchased one but I always thought they were 4oz. but I guess they must be 3oz.

 

[esavvymom]

Yes- the mini's size is 3 oz. And don't through out the other half of a full block! If you like cream cheese on your toast, bagel, or even fruit....I like to soften the cream cheese so it's mixable, then I add brown sugar (to taste- but a block I probably add 2 Tbsp), and about 1/2 to 1 tsp vanilla (depending on how much cream cheese I'm using). Mix it up and I have a great French-Vanilla cream cheese. I got hooked on vanilla flavored cream cheese at a bagel shop near the beach, but am never able to find it in the store or Brueggers.

 

[wadesgirl]

Yes- the mini's size is 3 oz.

And don't through out the other half of a full block! If you like cream cheese on your toast, bagel, or even fruit....I like to soften the cream cheese so it's mixable, then I add brown sugar (to taste- but a block I probably add 2 Tbsp), and about 1/2 to 1 tsp vanilla (depending on how much cream cheese I'm using). Mix it up and I have a great French-Vanilla cream cheese. I got hooked on vanilla flavored cream cheese at a bagel shop near the beach, but am never able to find it in the store or Brueggers.

Never been a big cream cheese fan. So I only use it in recipes that call for it!

 

[BethCooks4U]

I haven't seen the 3 oz size in a while but they used to be readily available so no it isn't a typo.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

In fact, a long time ago, before cream cheese became so popular, the 3 oz size was all there was. I've only seen it from Philadelphia brand though, I've never seen a store brand. Of course, that's because there didn't used to be store brand products either.


Man, I'm old.

 

[NooraK]

Thank you! I started thinking this must be the case as I got further into the recipes and saw more with the same amount.

 

[babywings76]

Noora, can you share the other recipes that you have? I'd love to have a file of recipes to email out to people who buy the cookie press.