Christmas Thumb Print Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
    1 cup granulated sugar
    3/4 cup light brown sugar
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    3 ounces cream cheese, softened
    2 eggs
    2 teaspoons baking soda
    4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
    2 3/4 cups white chocolate chips, reserve 2 cups
    1/2 cup strawberry preserves, 1 tsp in the middle of each cookie
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
    In a mixing bowl, cream together butter, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, vanilla, and cream cheese. Add eggs and baking soda, then add the flour 1/2 cup at a time until incorporated.
    Add 3/4 cup white morsels to the batter and mix.
    Spray a cookie sheet with a nonstick cooking spray.
    Make dough balls about the size of a walnut, then press your thumb in the middle of each cookie and fill the indent with 1 teaspoon of strawberry preserves.
    Bake for 25 - 30 minutes, then remove cookies to cooling racks.
    Melt 2 cups of the white morsels over a double boiler and melt until you have a smooth consistency. With a fork drizzle over cookies, back and fourth before they cool off. Eat warm or cool.

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