Cherry Cheesecake Cookies

Cherry cheesecake cookies have all of the flavors of conventional cheesecake – in cookie type. They’ll be a brand new household favourite for years to return!

Just a few years in the past, Elle and I had been choosing up some vacation baking necessities on the retailer whereas I had a huuuuge longing for cherry cheesecake. However we had been proper subsequent to a bunch of cookie-baking provides, and it struck me. 

Cherry cheesecake COOKIES.

You guys know that my household adores cheesecake. Now we have it for birthdays as an alternative of normal cake, and it’s all the time on our vacation tables.

 From my nana’s simple cheesecake to lemon cheesecake, my household has a cheesecake for nearly each event. 

We even flip our cupcakes into cheesecake with cherry cheesecake cupcakes. So after all we’d love these cookies, too!

What are cherry cheesecake cookies?

These cherry cheesecake cookies are just about a cheesecake model of thumbprint cookies.

You’ll whip up a cookie dough and cheesecake filling individually. Then, mildew the cookie dough right into a bowl-like form, with somewhat indentation. Spoon or pipe the cheesecake filling into every little indentation, and bake ’em up.

The cookie dough has graham cracker crumbs in it, so that you get the flavour of a graham cracker crust.

As soon as they’re baked, you’ll prime every one with some cherry pie filling (as a result of what’s cheesecake with out cherries?!), and there you have got it. Cherry cheesecake in an cute cookie type!

How one can make my cherry cheesecake cookies

These candy little bites would possibly look sophisticated, however they’re truly tremendous simple to make. And the substances are fairly primary, so that you would possibly simply have every little thing available already!

Components you’ll want

To make these candy little cookies, you’ll want:

• 1 ¼ cups finely crushed graham crackers 
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• 12 tablespoons softened unsalted butter 
• ½ cup packed gentle brown sugar
• 1 egg, white and yolk separated
• 4 ounces softened cream cheese 
• ¼ cup granulated sugar
• ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• selfmade cherry pie filling

Earlier than you begin baking, ensure you know learn how to measure flour accurately. It will assist your cherry cheesecake cookies to return out excellent each time.

You should purchase graham cracker crumbs from the shop or crush entire graham crackers to make your personal. You’ll want about 1 sleeve of graham crackers for 1 1/4 cups of crumbs.

Brown sugar provides a richness and chewiness to the cookie dough. If you’re out of brown sugar, attempt making a easy brown sugar substitute.

In case your brown sugar hardened within the pantry, try my tips for softening brown sugar.

Do-it-yourself cherry pie filling is all the time my go-to for topping these cookies, however be happy to make use of store-bought if that’s simpler for you. I attempt to purchase the “further fruit” pie fillings so there’s numerous cherries in it.

Making these cookies

Begin by making the graham cracker cookie dough. Whisk collectively the graham cracker crumbs, flour, and baking powder.

In a separate bowl, use a mixer to cream the butter and brown sugar till gentle and fluffy. It will take about 3 minutes. Add the egg white and blend till nicely mixed.

Stir the dry substances into the butter combination till simply mixed.

Now make the cheesecake filling. In one other bowl, beat collectively the cream cheese and granulated sugar till mixed. Add the egg yolk and vanilla extract and blend till the filling is clean.

Use a medium cookie scoop (about 1.5 tablespoons) to scoop the cookie dough onto lined baking sheets. Press your thumb or a spherical measuring spoon till the middle of every ball to barely flatten and create a bowl form within the heart.

Spoon or pipe the cream cheese filling into every indentation. 

Bake the cookies at 350°F for 12 minutes; the filling must be barely set and the cookies will probably be calmly golden after they’re accomplished.

Let the cookies cool for five minutes on the baking sheets earlier than shifting them to a wire rack to chill fully.

Earlier than serving, prime every cookie with a spoonful of cherry pie filling.

Storing these cookies

Retailer cherry cheesecake cookies in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 3 days. Retailer the cookies with out the cherry pie filling; wait to prime them with the filling till simply earlier than serving.

You’ll be able to freeze the cookies in an hermetic container or zip-top freezer bag for as much as a month. Let the cookies thaw within the fridge in a single day or at room temperature for a few hours.