Description
Homemade creamy strawberry cheesecake cookies blend rich cream cheese with sweet strawberry essence. Delicate cookie morsels melt in your mouth, offering a delightful dessert experience that satisfies sweet cravings with Southern charm.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups (190 g) all-purpose flour
- 113 g (½ cup) unsalted butter, softened
- 113 g (4 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 1 large egg
- 100 g (½ cup) granulated sugar
- 100 g (½ cup) light brown sugar, packed
- 30 g (¼ cup) powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup freeze-dried strawberries, crushed
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
- Cheesecake Core Preparation: Whip cream cheese with powdered sugar and vanilla until luxuriously smooth. Create petite dollops on parchment-lined tray and freeze for 30 minutes to achieve solid consistency.
- Dough Foundation: Cream butter with granulated and brown sugars until light and voluminous. Integrate egg and vanilla extract thoroughly, creating a homogeneous mixture.
- Dry Ingredient Integration: Sift flour, baking soda, and salt. Fold dry ingredients into butter mixture, blending until uniform. Gently incorporate crushed freeze-dried strawberries throughout dough, ensuring even distribution.
- Baking Preparation: Preheat oven to 350F (175C). Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Cookie Assembly: Scoop dough portions, flatten slightly. Nestle frozen cheesecake center within dough, completely encasing filling and sealing edges. Shape into perfect spheres, positioning evenly on prepared sheet.
- Baking Process: Bake 10-12 minutes until edges turn golden and slightly crisp. Centers will appear soft but will solidify during cooling phase.
- Cooling Protocol: Allow cookies to rest on baking sheet for five minutes to stabilize structure before transferring to cooling rack.
- Serving Suggestion: Enjoy at room temperature or slightly chilled for optimal textural experience and flavor profile.
Notes
- Freeze Cheesecake Filling Properly: Ensure dollops are uniformly sized and completely frozen to prevent melting during baking, which maintains the creamy center’s integrity.
- Handle Dough Delicately: Avoid overmixing cookie dough to prevent tough cookies; mix just until ingredients combine for tender, soft texture.
- Control Moisture with Freeze-Dried Strawberries: Use completely dry strawberries to prevent excess liquid that could compromise cookie structure and prevent soggy bottoms.
- Temperature Matters: Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet briefly before transferring to rack, enabling gradual setting and preventing potential crumbling.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 158
- Sugar: 9 g
- Sodium: 52 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 21 mg