Chewy Sugar Cookies

Preheat the oven to 350. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Whisk the dry ingredients together and set aside.

Cut the cream cheese into 8 pieces, and place in a bowl with 1 1/2 cups of sugar. Pour the warm melted butter over it, and whisk to combine. (There can still be some small lumps). Add the oil, and whisk to combine. Add egg, milk, and vanilla, continuing to whisk until smooth. Add flour mixture and stir with a spatula until soft homogeneous dough forms.

Roll dough into balls, about 2Tbsp of dough in each one. Roll each ball in remaining 1/3 cup of sugar, and place on parchment. Flatten balls to 2 inch diameters and sprinkle each tray with 2 tsp of sugar.

Bake trays one at a time for 11-13 minutes, or until edges are set and beginning to brown, rotating tray half way through baking. Let sit on tray for 5 minutes before moving to a cooling rack, and let cool to room temperature.