Christmas Thumb Print Cookies

• 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

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. 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.
3. Add 3/4 cup white morsels to the batter and mix.
4. Spray a cookie sheet with a nonstick cooking spray.
5. 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.
6. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes, then remove cookies to cooling racks.
7. 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.

unsalted butter, sugar, light brown sugar, vanilla, cream cheese, eggs, baking soda, allpurpose, white chocolate chips, strawberry preserves

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/christmas-thumb-print-cookies-521682 (may not work)