Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cookies

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese (softened)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 (18 ounce) packages refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough (very cold for easy slicing, modern packages are smaller, so you may need 2-1/2 (or more)

Recipe

• 1 mix cream cheese, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and lemon juice until smooth.
• 2 cut one package of cookie dough into about 24 slices.
• 3 line bottom of a greased 13x9 inch pan with sliced cookie dough (there will be some gaps).
• 4 pour cream cheese mixture into pan to cover cookie dough.
• 5 cut remaining cookie dough into slices and cover mixture.
• 6 bake at 350 (325 for glass pan) for 35 to 40 minutes.
• 7 cool, then chill for 1 hour or more, until very cold.
• 8 slice into small (about 1 inch) squares.