Cream Cheese Cookies

In response to a request for a cream cheese cookie recipe...these are fabulous

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Yields: 4 dozen

Ingredients

• 1  cup  packed light brown sugar
• 1  cup white sugar
• 1  cup butter
• 2  eggs
• 3 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1  cup  chopped pecans
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 4  cups confectioners' sugar
• 1  cup  chopped pecans

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 F degrees.
2. Cream together white and brown sugars, butter or margarine, eggs, baking soda, salt, and vanilla.
3. Spoon in flour and mix well.
4. Mix in 1 cup chopped pecans if desired.
5. Drop by teaspoon onto cookie sheets.
6. Bake 8 to 10 minutes.
7. Let cookies cool, then place filling on one cookie and put together like a sandwich.
8. To Make Filling: Mix together cream cheese, confectioner's sugar and 1 cup chopped pecans (optional).
9. Spread on cooled cookies.