Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies
These strawberry cheesecake cookies are the perfectly delicious cookie to make for those strawberry lovers!
Ingredients
Strawberry Cheesecake Filling Ingredients:
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoon strawberry sauce
Strawberry Cheesecake Cookie Ingredients:
- Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup of unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups unbleached flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons strawberry sauce
Instructions
Strawberry Cheesecake Filling Directions:
- Make the strawberry filling combining the cream cheese, powdered sugar, strawberry sauce, and vanilla together.
- Mix well until smooth.
Place the filling in the refrigerator for at least 45 minutes while you make the cookies. Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies Directions:
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together.
- Add the egg and vanilla and mix well.
- Stir in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add two tablespoons of strawberry sauce and gently fold into the batter (don’t fully mix it in).
- Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
- Once the dough is chilled, line a baking sheet with parchment paper and create 1 tablespoon cookie dough balls (you will need two for each cookie).
- Press down the middle of one of the cookie dough balls in the set. Grab the cheesecake filling from the refrigerator and place about ½ teaspoon of cheesecake filling in the prepared hole and then top it with the other cookie dough ball and press the edges together to seal the cheesecake filling inside.
- Freeze the cookie dough balls for 10 minutes & preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Bake for 13-14 minutes.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool on the cookie sheet completely.
Notes
Here's a recipe for a quick & easy Strawberry Sauce
Yields: 1/3 cup strawberry sauce
Preparation time: 2 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Additional time: 2 minutes Strawberry Sauce Ingredients
1/2 cup fresh strawberries, chopped
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons white granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla Strawberry Sauce Directions:
Make the sauce first by combining the strawberries, sugar, and water together in a saucepan.
Heat on the stove over medium heat until boiling.
Reduce heat to a simmer and mash strawberries occasionally.
After 10 minutes remove the sauce from the stove and add the vanilla.
Let the sauce cool.
Yields: 1/3 cup strawberry sauce
Preparation time: 2 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Additional time: 2 minutes Strawberry Sauce Ingredients
1/2 cup fresh strawberries, chopped
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons white granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla Strawberry Sauce Directions:
Make the sauce first by combining the strawberries, sugar, and water together in a saucepan.
Heat on the stove over medium heat until boiling.
Reduce heat to a simmer and mash strawberries occasionally.
After 10 minutes remove the sauce from the stove and add the vanilla.
Let the sauce cool.