Ingredients

½ cup butter, softened
8 oz. cream cheese
½ cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon orange zest
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup sifted all purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
6 oz. semi sweet chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Mix together in large mixing bowl butter, cream cheese, sugar, egg, orange zest and vanilla flavoring.  Blend well.  In a medium bowl, whisk salt into flour. Add flour mixture ¼ cup at a time into wet ingredients until just mixed. Stir in chocolate chips. Lightly grease baking sheet and using a teaspoon drop mix on baking sheet about 1 inch apart.  Bake 12 minutes.

Notes from the Paula Deen Test Kitchen:  This is a cake type cookie.  Best when eaten the day of preparation. 

Recipe Courtesy of Contributed by Anonymous