SRC: Chocolate Cream Cheese Cookies

I sware I’m going to be better about posting here. We have a lot of things happening in South Carolina, all good.  More posts to come on what’s happening in the Davis’ lives.

Today is my monthly Secret Recipe Club post, and I was assigned the blog Dancing Veggies.  I really like Amanda’s blog, she has some great recipes.  I came pretty close to making something other than sweets, but I just love to bake!  But I cannot wait to make the Tamale Pie (making later this week) and the Rustic Blueberry Apple Pie and the Donut Muffins (say what?!).  So stop on over to Dancing Veggies and see her amazing recipes!

So I decided on the Chocolate Cream Cheese Cookies (we could call these the 4 C’s recipe).  The cookies were definitely something new for me to try.  If you love cream cheese, you will love these. The chocolate isn’t really a strong flavor in this cookie; the cream cheese takes center stage.  So if you are expecting a chocolate cookie from this, don’t!  But don’t worry you won’t be disappointed with this cookie.  It’s quite tasty and super easy to make.  I did add 1 teaspoon of vanilla, which wasn’t in the recipe.  A little vanilla doesn’t hurt anyone, right?!

So hop on into the kitchen and get to baking these bad boys!!

• 1 stick of butter (soy or milk), at room temperature
• 3 oz cream cheese (soy or milk or other), at room temperature
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 cup 2 tbsp flour
• 1/2 tbsp 70% (or higher) baking cocoa
• 1/4 tsp salt

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Cream together the butter, cream cheese, and sugar. Blend for about 4minutes, or until mixture is fluffy.
3. Meanwhile sift together the flour, cocoa, and salt. Slowly mix into the cream cheese mixture until everything is blended.
4. Spoon onto cookie sheets and bake for 11 minutes. Allow cookies to sit on the sheet for at least 3 minutes before removing to a cooling rack. Enjoy!