The trickiest part of Crescent Mini Chip Cookies is shaping the crescent. I rolled the refrigerated dough into balls just under an inch in diameter and poked and pulled until the crescent formed. That worked but seemed to take forever –and I didn’t have any enthusiastic kid helpers at the moment who would enjoy shaping the dough. The fastest way was to scoop up a scant tablespoonful of dough and push it off onto the parchment lined baking sheet. I put one finger next the dough and used the spoon to mold a crescent around the finger. Went much faster! Experiment until you find what works for you.
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 8 ounce package cream cheese
- 1 ¾ cups sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 3 ½ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 ½ cups mini semisweet chocolate chips
- 12 ounce package semisweet chocolate chips
- Optional toppings: coconut, sprinkles, chopped nuts, crushed candy
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Beat butter, cream cheese and sugar until blended. Add egg and extracts.
- Combine dry ingredients in medium bowl and gradually add to butter mixture.
- Stir in mini chips.
- Cover and refrigerate at least on hour or until firm enough to shape.
- Shape level tablespoons of dough into crescents, using two spoons or fingers. Place each crescent on parchment lined or greased baking sheet, about 1 inch apart.
- Bake 10-12 minutes or until light brown.
- Remove from pans to wire rack for cooling.
- Melt 2 cups chocolate chips in microwave in 30 second bursts, stirring in between until chocolate is melted and smooth.
- Dip each cookie halfway into chocolate and allow excess to drip back into bowl.
- Place cookie on waxed paper and if desired sprinkle with toppings.
- Refrigerate 30 minutes or until set.
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