Bittersweet Chocolate Cream Cheese Cookies |
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Prep Time: 25 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 25 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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In a cookie mood. Ingredients:
1 cup sugar |
1/2 cup margarine (1 stick) or 1/2 cup butter, softened (1 stick) |
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla |
1 egg |
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened |
3 ounces bittersweet chocolate or 3 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled |
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
1/2 teaspoon baking powder |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
6 ounces vanilla candy coating, melted (or white chocolate chips or cubes, beware, though, that white chocolate won't be as wax as candy coa) |
3/4 cup finely crushed peppermint candies or 3/4 cup finely chopped pistachio nut |
Directions:
1. Heat oven to 375°F Mix sugar, butter, vanilla, egg, cream cheese and chocolate in large bowl until smooth. Mix flour, baking powder and salt; stir into butter mixture.
2. Divide dough in half. Roll each half 1/8 inch thick on lightly floured cloth-covered surface with cloth-covered rolling pin. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until dry and set. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire rack.
4. Roll edge of cookies about 1/4 inch deep in candy coating; immediately roll in candies or pistachios.
5. Place on waxed paper.
6. Let stand about 10 minutes or until coating is set.
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