Description
Indulgent strawberry cheesecake cookies blend creamy cheesecake essence with sweet strawberry notes in a delightful cookie form. Crisp edges and chewy centers promise a mouthwatering experience that satisfies your dessert cravings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup (2 sticks/226 g) salted sweet cream butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 large egg
- 1 egg white
- ⅔ cup (133 g) granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup (70 g) packed light brown sugar
- 3 cups (375 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon (8 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (150 g) fresh strawberries, de-stemmed, cored, and finely chopped
- 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon strawberry extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Preparation: Preheat the oven to 375°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper, ensuring even spacing for optimal cookie placement.
- Dough Crafting: Scoop uniform portions of cookie dough onto prepared sheets, leaving two inches between each cookie to allow for spreading during baking.
- Cream Cheese Integration: Position a pre-frozen cream cheese disk precisely in the center of each dough portion, creating a hidden core of creamy goodness.
- Sealing Technique: Carefully encase the cream cheese disk by gently folding and pinching the dough around it, creating a completely smooth and sealed exterior.
- Baking Process: Slide the prepared cookies into the preheated oven and bake for 12-14 minutes until the edges transform into a rich, golden-brown hue and the tops develop a delicate, slightly crisp finish.
- Cooling and Setting: Remove cookies from the oven and allow them to rest on the baking sheet for 10-12 minutes, enabling them to firm up and stabilize before transferring to a cooling rack.
- Final Touch: Let cookies cool completely to room temperature, allowing the inner cream cheese to set and the cookie texture to reach its perfect, delectable consistency.
Notes
- Freeze Cream Cheese Precisely: Prepare cream cheese disks well in advance, freezing for at least 2 hours to ensure proper texture and easier handling during cookie assembly.
- Spacing Matters: Leave exact two-inch gaps between cookie dough portions to prevent spreading and maintain uniform shape during baking.
- Watch Baking Time Carefully: Golden-brown edges signal perfect doneness; avoid overbaking to keep cookies soft and prevent drying out.
- Cooling is Crucial: Allow cookies to rest on baking sheet after removing from oven to stabilize structure and enhance overall texture before transferring to cooling rack.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 14 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 22
- Calories: 152
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 88 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 21 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg