Cream Cheese Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 12 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups pecan pieces, toasted
• 1/4 cup cream cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 with an electric mixer, beat butter and 3 ounces cream cheese until creamy.
• 2 slowly add sugar and continue to beat until light and fluffy.
• 3 add eggs, one at a time.
• 4 beat after each egg into butter mixture.
• 5 in a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• 6 add to butter mixture and blend in well with electric mixture.
• 7 now, stir in vanila and pecans.
• 8 cover mixing bowl with plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.
• 9 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 10 remove dough from refrigerator.
• 11 with a tablespoon, cut into dough and drop on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 12 drop unto cookie sheet two inches apart.
• 13 bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
• 14 cool cookies on cookie sheet for a few minutes and then remove to a wire cooling rack.
• 15 beat 1/4 cup of softened cream cheese, powdered sugar, and milk until smooth.
• 16 with a tablespoon, slowly drizzle glaze over cookies.
• 17 let stand 1 hour or until glaze is set.