Description
Indulgent strawberry cheesecake cookies blend creamy cheesecake richness with sweet berry magic, creating a delightful dessert that melts in your mouth. Crimson strawberry chunks and tangy cream cheese swirl together, promising a blissful bite you won’t forget.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 6 ounces (170 grams) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup (120 milliliters) powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 milliliters) strawberry extract
Instructions
- Whip cream cheese using an electric mixer at medium-high velocity for 30 seconds until achieving a velvety consistency.
- Lower mixer speed to medium-low, incorporate powdered sugar and strawberry extract, blending until uniformly smooth.
- Utilize a small spoon to deposit cream cheese mixture onto parchment-lined baking sheet, creating evenly spaced disks approximately 2 inches apart.
- Transfer baking sheet to freezer while preparing cookie base, allowing filling to firm up for approximately 15 minutes.
- Craft cookie dough with a gentle touch, ensuring ingredients are thoroughly integrated without overworking the mixture.
- Portion cookie dough into uniform rounds, creating small wells in center to accommodate frozen cream cheese filling.
- Carefully nestle frozen cream cheese disks into each cookie dough indentation, ensuring complete but gentle encapsulation.
- Arrange filled cookie dough on prepared baking sheet, maintaining consistent spacing for even heat distribution.
- Bake at 350°F for 12-14 minutes, watching for golden edges and slightly set centers.
- Remove from oven and allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to wire rack.
- Optional: Dust cooled cookies with additional powdered sugar for enhanced visual appeal and subtle sweetness.
Notes
- Cream cheese temperature matters critically, ensuring it’s room temperature for ultra-smooth filling consistency.
- Softly pressed filling disks prevent cracking and maintain clean, professional-looking cookie edges during baking.
- Freezing cream cheese dollops helps stabilize filling, preventing messy spreading and maintaining distinct cheesecake center.
- Use fresh strawberry extract for more vibrant, natural flavor compared to artificial alternatives, enhancing overall cookie taste profile.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Freezing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 53 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 24 mg
- Fat: 4 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 3 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg