Description
This is one of the most over-the-top chocolate chip cookies ever! So yummy with the slightly sweet cream cheese middle.
Ingredients
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ¾ cup salted butter, softened
- ¾ cup white sugar
- ¾ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 (12 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 3 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar together in a small bowl using an electric mixer on medium-high speed until thoroughly combined. Chill filling until ready to use.
- Beat butter
- white sugar
- and brown sugar in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium speed until creamy
- 1 to 2 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla extract
- beating until blended
- about 30 seconds.
- Stir 2 1/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons flour
- baking soda
- and salt together in a small bowl; gradually add to butter mixture
- beating on low speed
- until just blended. Beat in chocolate chips until just combined. Refrigerate dough until chilled
- about 30 minutes.
- Use a 2-tablespoon cookie scoop to place 8 scoops of the cookie dough on one of the prepared baking sheets
- spaced 3 inches apart. Gently flatten each scoop to about 3 inches in diameter. Drop 2 teaspoonfuls of the cream cheese filling in the center of each cookie. Gently wrap the dough around the cream cheese and shape into a ball; press the cookies down slightly. Keep remaining dough and filling chilled.
- Bake the first batch in the preheated oven until golden and set around the edges
- 12 to 14 minutes. Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks; let cool completely
- about 15 minutes. Repeat with remaining dough and cream cheese mixture.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs
Servings: 24