Chocolate Swirls

If you love chocolate and cream cheese, you’ll love these cookies. At little goes a long way. Make them small, they do not spread.

Original recipe makes 4 dozen

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted

  • PREP

    20 mins

  • COOK

    12 mins

  • READY IN

    1 hr

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. In large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth. Beat in cream cheese, egg, and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; mix into creamed mixture to form a soft dough. Fold in the melted chocolate until the dough is just marbled. Do not over mix. Drop dough by heaping teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheets. Cookies should be about 2 inches apart.
  3. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are light golden brown. Cool completely before storing.

Nutrition

Calories: 77 kcal
Carbohydrates: 10.6 g
Cholesterol: 11 mg
Fat: 3.7 g
Fiber: 0.3 g
Protein: 1 g
Sodium: 39 mg