Chocolate-Cheesecake Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup softened butter
• 0.75 cups white sugar
• 0.75 cups packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.67 cups cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.5 cups chopped pecans

Instructions

1. 1

   Beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a large bowl using an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla extract until creamy.

2. 2

   Sift flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda together in a bowl. Add flour mixture to butter mixture. Fold in nuts. Refrigerate dough for 1 hour.

3. 3

   While dough is chilling, beat cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until smooth.

4. 4

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

5. 5

   Remove dough from fridge and form about 1 tablespoon dough into a ball; make an indentation and fill with about 1 teaspoon filling. Place cookie on an ungreased baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.

6. 6

   Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, 11 to 13 minutes. Allow cookies to cool completely before removing from the baking sheet, about 20 minutes.