Maple Pecan Cream Cheese Cookies

Maple Pecan Cream Cheese Cookies 3 oz cream cheese 1/2 cup salted butter melted 1 egg 1 cup brown sugar 2 tbsp maple syrup 1 tsp maple extract 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cinnamon 1 cup chopped pecans Topping: 1/2 cup powdered sugar to roll the cookies 1 tsp cinnamon Preheat the oven to 350 and line the cookie sheet with parchment paper. Place sugar and cream cheese in a large bowl. Pour warm butter over sugar and cream cheese and whisk vigorously until all combined and smooth. Add egg, maple syrup, and maple extract, whisk well for about a minute. Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and baking powder. Mix with rubber spatula until completely combined. Fold in pecans. In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar and cinnamon and whisk well. Use a cookie scoop to get even cookies. (I use either #50 or #40 cookie scoop.) Gently roll the dough into a ball and drop it into the bowl with powdered sugar. Roll the ball in sugar and place it on the prepared baking sheet. Place cookie balls about 2 inches apart on the cookie sheet and bake for 11-13 minutes.