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Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies

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These cookies are so delicious with a slight tang from the freeze-dried strawberries.

Ingredients

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For the cheesecake filling:

  • 1 package cream cheese (full size)
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

For the cookie dough:

  • 1 cup butter at room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 package (about 1-ounce size) freeze-dried strawberries
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips or 1 4-ounce white chocolate bar, chopped

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. In a medium bowl, cream the cream cheese (cold, not room temperature) with the powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth.
  3. Scoop teaspoon-sized dollops onto a parchment-lined baking sheet and freeze, while you prepare the cookie dough.
  4. First, place the entire packet of freeze-dried strawberries into the bowl of a food processor and pulse a few times. You don’t want strawberry dust, so make sure to pulse only a few times.
  5. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars until creamy. Then add the eggs and vanilla and mix to combine.
  6. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, and mix just until combined.
  7. Mix in the strawberries and white chocolate by hand.
  8. Using a large cookie scoop, make cookie dough balls, then insert a frozen cheesecake filling and rework the cookie dough ball, covering it completely. Sometimes you will need to add a little more cookie dough to ensure the cheesecake filling is well surrounded by the cookie dough.
  9. Place the stuffed cookie dough balls on parchment-lined baking sheets spaced 2″ apart. Bake for 12-14 minutes. The cookies are pale in color. Remove from the oven and check the bottoms to make sure they are slightly golden in color. Let cool on baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring the cookies to a cooling rack.
  10. When completely cool, place in parchment-lined boxes.

 

 

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