Cream Cheese Chocolate Cookies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup softened butter
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup melted semisweet chocolate
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) package softened cream cheese
• 1/4 cup softened butter
• 1/3 cup tbsps icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon icing sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 °f (180 °c).
• 2 in large bowl, beat together sugar, butter, egg, melted chocolate and vanilla until smooth. gradually add flour while stirring. beat until smooth. shape dough into 48 1-inch (2.5 cm) balls.
• 3 place balls on cookie sheet about 2-inch (5 cm) apart. flatten with glass bottom to form 2-inch (5 cm) circles. dip glass bottom in sugar, to prevent sticking.
• 4 bake for 15 minutes or until cookies are slightly shiny and golden. remove from oven let cool for 5 minutes before removing cookies from sheet. repeat process until all dough is used up.
• 5 spread half the cookies with cream cheese icing and top with remaining ones, pressing lightly. dust with sugar.
• 6 cream cheese icing:.
• 7 in bowl, whip all ingredients with cream cheese until creamy. cover and set aside.