Chocolate Cottage Cheese Wagon Wheel Cookies

Submitted by IamEarnie

"These are moist and you can't tell that they have cottage cheese in them. Don't overbake. Makes a lot; you might want to cut the recipe in half."

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 8 dozen
• Serves: 96

ingredients

• 2 cups butter
• 3 1⁄2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups small curd cottage cheese
• 5 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1 cup cocoa
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

directions

1. Cream sugar and butter together.
2. Add cottage cheese and beat well.
3. Add dry ingredients to sugar and butter mixture; mix well.
4. Add nuts.
5. Chill several hours or overnight.
6. Rolls into balls, then roll in powdered sugar.
7. Bake on a greased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.