Denise's Chocolate Chip Cookies

This was Kate's dessert of choice for a few years after she first tasted them. Half of the magic was the fact that our friend Denise made them. She works for Hershey Foods so I'm sure the kids thought she was like Willie Wonka or something. Seriously though, these cookies are awesome. -Mark

Ingredients:

1 1/3 cups butter
3 oz. cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
3 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 bag Hershey's Special Dark chocolate chips

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Soften the butter and cream cheese and then cream them together on medium speed for about 2 minutes, until fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla; blend. Add sugars and blend well for about 3-4 minutes. The more you beat them the better. Add flour, baking soda, and salt; mix well. Add in the chocolate chips. Spoon onto a greased cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove to a cooling rack and allow to cool.

Notes:

The story behind these cookies is that Denise was making a recipe of cookies and ran out of butter. So, she thought she'd substitute cream cheese for the remaining butter. Turns out, that tasted even better than the original recipe. Perhaps necessity is indeed the mother of invention!