Saturday, January 10, 2009

ELDER MORRIS COOKIES: What's in the middle


Cindy Baldwin, Mahon Baldwin, Recipe #2

Ingredients:
3/4 cup softened butter
1/4 cup shortening
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar1
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 1/2 -3 1/2 cups flour
1 12 oz package chocolate chips
6 ounces cream cheese

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375º.
Mix butter and shortening for a short time then add brown sugar, sugar, baking soda, and salt.
Beat until the mixture is well mixed.
Beat in eggs and vanilla.
Mix in flour a half a cup at a time until.
Add and mix in chocolate chips.At this point, you'll take a rounded spoonful of the dough and flatten it out in your hands. Add a small amount of the cream cheese to the center about the size of a marble, maybe a little larger. Enclose the cream cheese and place on cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
Bake in preheated oven for 8 - 11 minutes.

Preparation time: 40 min
Bake time: 8 - 11 min per batch
Oven: 375ºF
Makes about 3 dozen

Just remember kids, cookies are a sometimes food.
Source: A missionary companion of Mahon's





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