Baker's Christmas Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 lb pecan halves
• 1 bag caramel
• 12 ounces chocolate chips
• to taste non-pareils

Recipe

• 1 place softened cream cheese and butter in a bowl.
• 2 gradually add flour to form a dough.
• 3 chill dough in refrigerator.
• 4 roll out and cut with a 2" circle cookie cutter.
• 5 place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 12 minutes.
• 6 remove from oven, place 1/2 pecan onto each circle. place an unwrapped caramel on top of each pecan.
• 7 return cookies to oven and watch closely.
• 8 remove from oven when caramels have melted.
• 9 lightly flatten caramels with a buttered knife. melt chocolate chips in a double boiler or microwave. stir chips and spread on top of each melted caramel.
• 10 sprinkle non-pareils on top of warm melted chocolate.