Aunt Sues Chocolate Chip Cheese Holiday Cookies Food

CHOCOLATE CHIP CHEESECAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a medium bowl combine flour, cornstarch and baking powder. Leave aside.
• In a large bowl mix butter and cream cheese, with an electric mixer on medium speed, until it is fine and creamy.
• Add an egg, milk and vanilla extract and continue mixing.
• Then, add powder sugar and mix some more until the mixture is fluffy. Put in dry ingredients and mix until you get fine dough.
• Finally, add mini chocolate chips and stir well. Leave in fridge for an hour.
• Preheat the oven to 375 F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Take the dough out of the fridge. Shape it into balls (24-26 balls).
• Place them in the baking sheets, 1.5 inch apart. Flatten the balls using your hands or some firm object.
• Sprinkle some mini chocolate chip, if you wish. Bake for 10 minutes.
• Take them out of the oven and leave to cool in the baking sheets for a few minutes.
• Transfer them to a wire rack to cool down completely.

CHOCOLATE SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. Stir in pecans and chocolate chips., Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until set and bottoms are lightly browned, 15-20 minutes. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar. Cool completely on wire racks. If desired, reroll cookies in confectioners' sugar.

CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, positioning one of the oven racks in the middle of the oven.
• Using an electric mixer, beat together the butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, egg and vanilla on medium speed until smooth. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. Turn the electric mixer to low and slowly add the dry mixture to the wet mixture. Stir in the chocolate chips.
• With a 1-ounce ice cream scoop, drop the batter about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake until lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Carefully remove the cookies to a wire rack to cool. Store in an airtight container.

AUNT SUE'S CHOCOLATE CHIP CHEESE HOLIDAY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350 degrees if using glass pan 325 degrees.
• Slice cookie rolls into 2" slices and line greased bottom of a 9"x13" pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes until batter bakes into one solid piece. Let Cool.
• While cookies cool beat on medium speed with mixer: softened Cream Cheese, eggs, sugar and vanilla until smooth.
• Pour over cooled cookies and return to oven and bake for 20 minutes more or until set.
• Let cool completely.
• Cut into 1 inch squares,using a wet knife,and garnish with colored green sprinkles and one half of a maraschino cherry.