Name: Chocolate-Cheesecake Cookies Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 36
Ingredients: For Cookie Dough:; 1 cup butter; ¾ cup white sugar; ¾ cup brown sugar; 2 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 cups all purpose flour; ⅔ cup cocoa powder; 1 tsp Baking Soda; ½ cup pecans; For Filling:; 8 oz cream cheese; ½ cup white sugar; 1 egg; ½ tsp vanilla extract

How To Make Chocolate-Cheesecake Cookies

Rich buttery chocolate cookies are filled with a smooth cream cheese filling to make these sweet and slightly tangy cheesecake cookies!

Preparation: 30 minutes

Cooking: 10 minutes

Chill and Cool Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Total: 2 hours 10 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Cookie Dough:

1cupbutter,softened
¾cupwhite sugar
¾cupbrown sugar,packed
2eggs
1tspvanilla extract
2cupsall purpose flour
⅔cupcocoa powder
1tspbaking soda
½cuppecans,chopped

For Filling:

8ozcream cheese,(1 package)
½cupwhite sugar
1egg
½tspvanilla extract

Instructions

Beat the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a large bowl using an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract until creamy.
Sift the flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda together in a bowl. Add the flour mixture to butter mixture. Fold in the nuts.
Refrigerate dough for 1 hour.
While the dough is chilling, beat the cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until smooth.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Remove the dough from fridge and form about 1 tablespoon dough into a ball; make an indentation and fill with about 1 teaspoon filling.
Place the cookie on an ungreased baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
Bake in the oven for 11 to 13 minutes until edges are golden.
Allow cookies to cool completely for about 20 minutes before removing from the baking sheet.
Serve with tea or coffee, and enjoy!