Sugar Cookies With Mexican Flair

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 4 ounces cream cheese
• 1 cup sugar, divided
• 2 tablespoons cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, divided
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• dark chocolate, shavings

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350f and grease cookie sheets.
• 2 in a large bowl, beat butter, cream cheese, 1/2 cup of sugar, cream, vanilla and 1/2 tsp cinnamon until light and fluffy.
• 3 in a small bowl mix together flour and baking powder.
• 4 slowly add the dry mixture into the wet until well mixed.
• 5 blend together 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 tsp cinnamon on a small plate.
• 6 drop 1 inch balls of dough 3 inches apart on a cookie sheet. flatten the cookie balls with the bottom of a drinking glass that has been dipped into the sugar & cinnamon mixture.
• 7 bake 20 minutes or until edges are golden brown. remove from cookie sheet immediately and set on wire racks. sprinkle with chocolate shavings while still warm.
• 8 **i baked 2 dozen cookies at once on two racks in a convection oven. cook time was 15 minutes.