Double Chocolate Chews Recipe

Makes 32 cookies

Ingredients:

  • 4 tbsp butter, softened
  • 4 tbsp cream cheese, nonfat
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup cocoa
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips

    • Instructions:

    1. Preheat oven to 350F.
    2. Spray 2 sheetpans with nonstick spray.
    3. In a medium mixing bowl, cream together the butter, cream cheese, sugar and brown sugar.
    4. Beat in the vanilla.
    5. Into a small bowl, sift the flour, cocoa and salt through a mesh strainer and st ir to combine.
    6. Blend the dry ingredients into the butter mixture.
    7. Stir in the chcoclate chips.
    8. Divide the dough into quarters and taking one-eight of a quarter roll it between the palms of two hands to form a ball and place it on a sheet pan.
    9. Repeat to form 32 dough nuggets.
    10. Using the bottom of a glass, press the nuggets into 2 inch rounds.
    11. Bake for 8 minutes until slightly puffed and very soft to the touch.
    12. Let cool on the pans for 1 minutes before transferring to racks to cool completely.