Chocolate Cream Cheese Cookies

Yield: 5 dozen

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3 ounces cream cheese
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2/3 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Cream butter, shortening, cream cheese and sugar together.
3. Add egg, salt, milk and vanilla extract; mix well.
4. Stir in melted chocolate.
5. Sift flour with baking powder and add to batter a little at a time, mixing well.
6. Stir in nuts.
7. Drop by teaspoonsful onto cookie sheet.
8. Bake for 15 minutes.