Crescent Mini Chip Cookies
A festive Christmas soft cookie with chocolate chips and your choice of party decor!
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Yield: 6 dozen 1x
- Category: Cookie
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 8 ounce package cream cheese
- 1 ¾ cups sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 ½ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 ½ cups mini semisweet chocolate chips
Chocolate coating
- 12 ounce package semisweet chocolate chips
- Optional toppings: coconut, sprinkles, chopped nuts, crushed candy
Instructions
- 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.
Chocolate coating
- 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.