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cream cheese

noun

  1. a soft, white, smooth-textured, unripened, spreadable cheese made of sweet milk and sometimes cream.
  2. Gulf States. cottage cheese.


cream cheese

noun

  1. a smooth soft white cheese made from soured cream or milk
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cream cheese1

First recorded in 1575–85
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For frosting: Mix butter, banana, lemon juice, and cream cheese well, then add powdered sugar and beat until smooth.

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I enjoyed everything bagels paired with smoked salmon cream cheese.

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This kit from H&H delivers the chewy New York-style bagels, thick schmears of cream cheese and perfectly salty slices of Nova Scotia salmon.

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It’s a humble, nostalgic dessert—spiced and sweet, cozy under a thick blanket of cream cheese frosting.

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Most cream cheese frostings call for just a handful of ingredients — typically cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and salt.

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