Description
Salted Caramel Cheesecake Cookies bring pure comfort to your dessert plate, blending creamy cheesecake notes with sweet-salty caramel goodness. Grab these delightful treats when chocolate chip cookies feel too ordinary and your taste buds crave something special.
Ingredients
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Main Ingredients:
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
Sweeteners and Binding Agents:
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 large egg
Flavor Enhancers and Seasonings:
- ½ cup salted caramel sauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Flaky sea salt
Instructions
- Blend 4 oz cream cheese, 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract until silky smooth. Refrigerate mixture for 15 minutes to firm up.
- Beat ½ cup softened butter, ¾ cup brown sugar, and ¼ cup granulated sugar in a large bowl for 2-3 minutes until airy and light.
- Incorporate 1 large egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract into butter mixture. Blend thoroughly.
- Whisk 1 ¾ cups flour, ½ teaspoon baking soda, and ½ teaspoon salt in a separate bowl.
- Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Mix gently until just combined.
- Chill cookie dough in refrigerator for 30 minutes to enhance flavor and texture.
- Heat oven to 350°F. Cover two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Create 2 tablespoon-sized dough balls. Flatten each into a disk shape.
- Place a small cream cheese dollop in the center of each disk.
- Carefully fold dough edges over cream cheese, sealing into a complete ball.
- Position cookies 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets.
- Bake at 350°F for 12-14 minutes until edges turn golden brown.
- Immediately drizzle ½ cup salted caramel sauce over warm cookies.
- Sprinkle flaky sea salt across cookie surfaces while still warm.
- Allow cookies to rest on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
Notes
- Chill the dough thoroughly to prevent spreading and ensure thick, soft cookies that hold their shape perfectly.
- Use room temperature cream cheese and butter for the smoothest, most evenly blended filling and dough.
- Create a tight seal around the cream cheese center to prevent leaking during baking and maintain a beautiful cookie shape.
- For gluten-free adaptation, swap wheat flour with a 1:1 gluten-free baking blend and check that all other ingredients are gluten-free certified.
- Prep Time: 50 minutes
- Cook Time: 12-14 minutes
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 232 kcal
- Sugar: 17 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 27 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg