These little gems are called Cookie Cups. They are truly the easiest “fancy” cookie you can make. You can use your favorite chocolate chip cookie dough, even if it comes out of the refrigerated section of the grocery!
You will need:
A mini-muffin tin
Vegetable oil spray
18 0z Chocolate chip cookie dough, bought or homemade, you will not need all of it, so use the rest for plain cookies
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract ~ I use clear vanilla for this
1 1/4 cups confectioner’s sugar
Cut cookie dough in half (save one portion for another use). Spray 12 mini-muffin cups very, very lightly with vegetable spray. With floured hands, press about 1 tablespoon of dough onto the bottom and up the sides of 12 miniature muffin cups. Bake at 350 degrees F for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.
Remove the baked cups from the oven. Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, gently reshape the puffed cookie cups. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
In a small mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until blended. Gradually beat in confectioners’ sugar. Spoon into cookie cups. Store in the refrigerator.
Use your imagination for ganishes. I shaved some dark chocolate and sprinkled it over the tops. I baked the rest of the dough into traditional cookies and sandwiched some extra filling in between them.
Change of plans. We ditched the other sweets in favor of these! Cna’t wait to bite into them. Thanks for sharing the recipe, Sylvia
You’re welcome! I hope you enjoy them 🙂
Can’t wait to try these. In fact, my 15 yo dd wants to make them tonight! But, alas, we already have a lot of baking to do today. So, they must wait until…tomorrow!
I with you Linda, this has definitely made it to my to-do list.
I have GOT TO TRY THIS!!! They look yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!