Preheat the oven

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Combine the dry ingredients

• Add the flour, baking soda and baking powder to a mixing bowl and combine.

Cream the butter and sugar

• In another bowl, add the butter and sugar and mix with a hand mixer on low until well combined.

Add the wet ingredients

• Add the eggs, vanilla extract and rose water and mix on low.

Make the dough

• Add half of the dry mixture to the wet mixture and mix to combine, then add the second half.

Roll out the dough

• On a floured surface, take a quarter of the dough and roll it into a ball.
• Using a rolling pin, roll it out evenly on the counter.

Cut the cookies

• Cut the dough using cookie cutters.
• Optionally roll the dough into balls and make an indentation into each with the end of a rolling pin.

Bake the cookies

• Bake at 375 degrees on lined cookie sheets.

Make the icing

• Melt the butter and set it aside to cool down.
• Beat the cream cheese with the hand mixer, then add the cooled butter and beat again until combined.
• Sift in the confectioners' sugar and beat on low until just combined, then add the rose water and vanilla extract.

Decorate the cookies

• Once the cookies have completely cooled, pipe the icing in a swirl pattern.
• Decorate however you like and enjoy.