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Ingredients
| salted butter: 3/4 cup (softened) |
| cream cheese: 3 oz (softened) |
| granulated sugar: 3/4 cup |
| light brown sugar (packed): 3/4 cup (firmly packed) |
| eggs: 2 (large) |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 2 cups |
| baking powder: 2 tsp |
| salt: 1 tsp |
| vanilla extract: 1 tsp |
| pecans: 1 1/2 cups (toasted) |
| cream cheese: 1/4 cup (softened) |
| powdered sugar (unsifted): 2 Tbl |
| 2% milk: 1 1/2 Tbl |
Cream Cheese Cookies
Credit: Food.com
User rating:
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Prep Time
60 min -
Cook Time
12 min -
Servings
3 serving(s)
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- With an electric mixer, beat butter and 3 ounces cream cheese until creamy.
- Slowly add sugar and continue to beat until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time.
- Beat after each egg into butter mixture.
- In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
- Add to butter mixture and blend in well with electric mixture.
- Now, stir in vanila and pecans.
- Cover mixing bowl with plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Remove dough from refrigerator.
- With a Tablespoon, cut into dough and drop on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Drop unto cookie sheet two inches apart.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
- Cool cookies on cookie sheet for a few minutes and then remove to a wire cooling rack.
- Beat 1/4 cup of softened cream cheese, powdered sugar, and milk until smooth.
- With a Tablespoon, slowly drizzle glaze over cookies.
- Let stand 1 hour or until glaze is set.