Soft Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies
These soft cookies are rich and tender, courtesy of a block of cream cheese in the cookie dough!
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 8 oz full-fat cream cheese, softened
- 1¼ cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups chocolate chips (reserve ⅓ cup for the tops of the cookies)
Instructions
- Place the softened butter, softened cream cheese, and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on high until light and creamy, about 2 minutes. Add the vanilla extract and beat to combine.
- Add the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir just until combined, then add the chocolate chips and stir until the chocolate chips are evenly dispersed.
- Refrigerate the dough for 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Scoop the dough into 2-tablespoon sized balls (I used a cookie scoop) and place on a baking sheet. Bake for 10–13 minutes, or until the cookies no longer look wet in the middle.
- Let cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet, then remove from the pan to cool completely.
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Notes
You must use full-fat cream cheese for this recipe, otherwise the cookies will spread too much.
You can make the dough up to 3 days in advance. The cookies will keep for at least one week either at room temperature or in the refrigerator.
Both the cookie dough and the baked cookies can be frozen, tightly sealed, for up to 3 months.
Substitute your favorite mix-ins for the chocolate chips, such as chopped Oreos, toffee bits, dried cranberries or dried cherries, butterscotch chips, etc.
TIP: get perfectly round cookies by placing a cookie cutter around a cookie when it gets out of the oven. Swirl gently, coaxing the cookie into a round shape. Repeat with the remaining cookies. (Watch the video on this post if you'd like a visual for how to do it.)
Nutrition
Calories: 213kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 4gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 105mgSodium: 192mgPotassium: 56mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 473IUCalcium: 44mgIron: 1mg
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