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    • Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Pizza (soft)

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    Dairy, Eggs, Grains Cookies, Desserts 2 12" pizzas

    INGREDIENTS

    1 c Butter-margarine, softened
    3/4 c Sugar
    3/4 c Brown sugar
    8 oz Cream cheese, softened
    1 t Vanilla
    2 Eggs
    2 1/4 c All purpose flour
    1 t Baking soda
    1/4 t Salt
    12 oz Semisweet chocolate chips
    1 c Chopped walnuts, Optional

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Preheat oven to 375. Lightly grease two 12 inch pizza pans. Cream
butter, sugars, cream cheese and vanilla in large bowl. Add eggs,  beat
until light.  Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Add to
creamed  mixture; blend well.  Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts (if
used)  Divide dough in half, spread each half evenly into prepared
pans.  IMPORTANT - DO NOT SPREAD ALL THE WAY TO EDGES, THIS DOUGH DOES
SPREAD  Leave about a half inch space between edge of dough and rim of
pizza  pan.  Bake 20 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned.  Cool
completely in  pans on wire racks.  To serve: cut into slim wedges.
Personal note:  When these were brown and ready to take out of the
oven they had a soft consistency - much like that of a soft batch
cookie. I wanted a firmer cookie. Put them both back in the oven, and
turned the off. Let sit for 1 hour hoping they then became more like  a
chocolate chip cookie.  They never crisped up, but remained soft.
Still tasted good.

    A Message from our Provider:

    “Every good thing you have ever enjoyed comes from God”

    Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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    Calories: 3589
    Calories From Fat: 1927
    Total Fat: 225.3g
    Cholesterol: 324.4mg
    Sodium: 2120.2mg
    Potassium: 773.3mg
    Carbohydrates: 385.2g
    Fiber: 17.8g
    Sugar: 160.9g
    Protein: 44g


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