Gooey Goodness Tuesday: Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies

Last night, Topher came home and made a delicious dinner from ingredients we had remaining in the fridge.  My amazing husband can take chicken breast, apples, feta and some spices and make amaze-balls food.

I had to prove myself somehow.

Plus, he said, "what's for dessert?"

That's how bad decisions start, btw.

So, I tried to take the same approach to my baking. What did I have in the cupboards or fridge?  Cream cheese was there, but I didn't have the whipped cream needed to make the easy, yummy no bake cheese cake type items.  Topher pointed out that we did have chocolate chips.

So I tried this new recipe.  I'm on the fence about it- it's good, moist, and all but I'm just not sure.  Of course, as soon as I made it I noticed that there were a few negative reactions to the recipe. It was pretty good though, especially after I added the extra ounce of cream cheese.

Yum.

Mix the cream cheese, butter and sugar.

Add the eggs and vanilla.

Fold in the flour...

 ...then add the chocolate chips.

Bake and enjoy.

They'll be super light, so check the bottoms!

This recipe is adapted from Oprah, here.  I took out the orange zest because, frankly, we didn't have any oranges.

Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies

4 ounces cream cheese, room temp
2 sticks butter, room temp
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2  cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
12 ounces chocolate chips

Mix the cream cheese, butter and sugar on high until blended.  Add the eggs and vanilla until blended. Fold in the flour and salt, then add the chocolate chips.  Spoon and bake for 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees.  They will be super light in color so don't over bake.