Description
Strawberry cheesecake cookies bring a delightful dessert mashup straight to your kitchen counter. Creamy cheesecake meets sweet cookie in one irresistible bite that melts perfectly with afternoon tea or after-dinner treats.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
- 8 ounces cream cheese
Supporting Ingredients:
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
Seasoning and Flavoring Ingredients:
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup strawberry jam or preserves
Instructions
- Crank your oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper for easy cookie removal.
- Grab a medium bowl and thoroughly combine 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs, ½ cup flour, ½ teaspoon baking powder, and ¼ teaspoon salt.
- In a separate large bowl, cream ½ cup softened butter with ½ cup brown sugar until the mixture looks fluffy and light.
- Crack 1 large egg into the butter mixture and add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, blending until everything is smoothly incorporated.
- Gently fold your dry ingredient mixture into the wet ingredients, creating a soft cookie dough that holds together nicely.
- Whip 8 oz softened cream cheese with ¼ cup sugar and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract until the filling becomes silky and uniform.
- Portion your cookie dough into small balls, then create a deep thumbprint center in each one, making space for the filling.
- Carefully spoon about 1 teaspoon of cream cheese mixture into the center of each cookie dough ball.
- Top the cream cheese filling with ½ teaspoon of strawberry jam, creating a beautiful swirled effect.
- Slide the baking sheet into the preheated 350°F oven and bake for 12-14 minutes until cookie edges turn golden brown.
- Remove from oven and let cookies cool completely on the baking sheet to help them set properly.
Notes
- Refrigerate the cream cheese mixture for 15-20 minutes before filling cookies to help it hold its shape better during baking.
- Use room temperature ingredients to ensure smooth mixing and consistent texture in your cookie dough.
- When creating the indent in each cookie, use the back of a measuring spoon for a uniform, neat well to hold the cheesecake filling.
- For a gluten-free version, swap graham cracker crumbs with gluten-free graham-style crackers and use a gluten-free flour blend.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12-14 minutes
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 135 kcal
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 100 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 16 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg