Sugar Cookies With Mexican Flair

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

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350F and grease cookie sheets.

2. 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. 3

   In a small bowl mix together flour and baking powder.

4. 4

   Slowly add the dry mixture into the wet until well mixed.

5. 5

   Blend together 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 tsp cinnamon on a small plate.

6. 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. 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. 8

   **I baked 2 dozen cookies at once on two racks in a convection oven. Cook time was 15 minutes.