Cookies and Cream Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cookies and Cream Chocolate Chip Cookies puts salted butter, cream cheese and light brown sugar at the center of a cookie recipe and finishes in about 31 minutes, enough for 36 Cookies (2-4 dozen depending on size).

• Yield 36 Cookies (2-4 dozen depending on size)
• Ready in 31 minutes
• Prep 20 minutes
• Cook 11 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup salted butter (softened)
• 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
• 2 cups light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup malted milk powder or whole milk powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 36 to 40 Oreo or other chocolate sandwich cookies (coarsely chopped (Trader Joe's brand works great, too))
• 2 cups milk or semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheet(s) with parchment paper or silicone liners.
2. In a large bowl with an electric handheld mixer or in the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter, cream cheese and brown sugar until well combined.
3. Add the vanilla and eggs and mix until the color lightens and the batter is fluffy, 2-3 minutes.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, malted milk powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until just combined.
5. Stir in the Oreos and chocolate chips.
6. Roll the dough into 2-3 tablespoon size cookie dough balls (I use my large, #20 cookie scoop). Place them several inches apart on baking sheets and bake for 11-13 minutes until the edges are golden but the centers are still soft.

Let the center settle before you cut it, or the slices will slump.