Chocolate Comfort Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup chopped hazelnuts or 1 cup almonds
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 ounces cream cheese
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 cup marshmallow creme

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f.
• 2 spread nuts on ungreased cookie sheet and roast for 7-12 minutes until lightly browned; set aside to cool.
• 3 grease two cookie sheets.
• 4 in a large bowl combine the chips, cranberries, and nuts; set aside.
• 5 in another large bowl beat together the butter, sugar, cream cheese, and egg until very smooth beat in milk, melted chocolate, marshmallow, and vanilla.
• 6 sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and cocoa add to the butter mixture add the chips, cranberries, and nuts.
• 7 stir well until mixed.
• 8 batter will be thick.
• 9 using a 1/4 c measure or a 4 t ice cream scoop, measure out batter and place 2" apart on cookie sheet, putting no more than 6 cookies on a sheet.
• 10 bake 13-17 minutes until puffed and cooked through.
• 11 cool on sheet for 1 minute transfer to wire rack to cool completely.