Dessert: Chocolate Orange Drop Cookies

A delicious cakey cookie with lots of chocolate and orange flavor.

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
8 oz cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon orange zest
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 oz semi sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 °.
Mix together in large mixing bowl butter, cream cheese, sugar, egg, orange zest and vanilla flavoring. Blend well. In a medium bowl, whisk salt into flour. Add flour mixture 1/4 cup at a time into wet ingredients until just mixed. Stir in chocolate chips. Lightly grease baking sheet and using a teaspoon drop mix on baking sheet about 1 inch apart. Bake 12 minutes.
Notes from the Paula Deen Test Kitchen: This is a cake type cookie. Best when eaten the day of preparation.

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