Chewy Orange & Dark Chocolate Cream Cheese Cookies
An upscale chocolate chip cookie with a secret ingredient
Servings: 12
Calories: 464kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 tbs grated orange zest
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp corn starch
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 cups flour
- 12 oz dark chocolate chips 60% cacao
Instructions
- Preheat oven. To 350F/180C. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment
- Beat cream cheese, butter and sugars until smooth and creamy. Add the vanilla and orange zest, beat to combine.
- Mix the flour, salt, soda and corn starch and add to the cream cheese mixture, mixing until just combined. Do not overtax.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Drop by heaping tablespoonful onto prepared sheets, spacing about 1-in/2.5cm apart.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges just begin to become golden brown. Leave on the sheets for about a minute, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
- Makes about 18-24 cookies.
Nutrition
Serving: 1(2 cookies)s) | Calories: 464kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 364mg | Potassium: 240mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 36g | Vitamin A: 494IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 119mg | Iron: 1mg