Cream Cheese Chocolate Cookies

Here's a great cookie that will be enjoyed on the Christmas cookie trays and throughout the year by guests and family alike.

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Serves: 24

Ingredients

• COOKIES

• 1  cup sugar
• 1  cup  softened butter
• 1  egg
• 1⁄2 cup  melted  semisweet chocolate
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
•  sugar

• CREAM CHEESE ICING

• 1 (8 ounce) package  softened cream cheese
• 1⁄4 cup  softened butter
• 1⁄3 cup  tbsps icing sugar
• 1  tablespoon icing sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 °F (180 °C).
2. In large bowl, beat together sugar, butter, egg, melted chocolate and vanilla until smooth. Gradually add flour while stirring. Beat until smooth. Shape dough into 48 1-inch (2.5 cm) balls.
3. Place balls on cookie sheet about 2-inch (5 cm) apart. Flatten with glass bottom to form 2-inch (5 cm) circles. Dip glass bottom in sugar, to prevent sticking.
4. Bake for 15 minutes or until cookies are slightly shiny and golden. Remove from oven let cool for 5 minutes before removing cookies from sheet. Repeat process until all dough is used up.
5. Spread half the cookies with Cream Cheese Icing and top with remaining ones, pressing lightly. Dust with sugar.
6. Cream Cheese Icing:
7. In bowl, whip all ingredients with cream cheese until creamy. Cover and set aside.