4.7 from 20 votes
Cheesecake Cookie Recipe
The best part of a cheesecake, but in cookie form! These Cherry Cheesecake Cookies are made with simple pantry ingredients for the perfect treat!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
12 mins
Additional Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 27 mins
Servings:
30
cookies
Calories:
117 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt fine sea salt
- 5 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1/4 cup butter softened, unsalted
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
- 1 egg
- 1 cup powdered sugar icing
- 30 candied cherries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Sift or whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or a large mixing bowl with an electric hand mixer, beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Cream in the sugar for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the almond extract and eggs, mixing until combined.
- Slowly add the flour mixture until just mixed. Do not overmix.
- Spray a 1 1/2 tablespoon cookie scoop with cooking spray and then dollop heaping mounds onto the cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Reapply cooking spray as needed.
- Bake each batch for 11-2 minutes or until cookies are set. There will be no brown, but slightly cracked and springy when touched.
- Remove and immediately make a well in each hot cookie using the back of a 1/4 teaspoon. Allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 5 more minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool fully.
- When cooled, spoon a small amount of powdered sugar icing into each well. Top with a candied cherry while still tacky.
- If you've tried this recipe, come back and let us know how they were in the comments or star ratings.
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Notes
- Alternately, you can dust cookies with powdered sugar and omit the powdered sugar icing.
Nutrition Information
Calories
117kcal
(6%)
Carbohydrates
18g
(6%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
5g
(8%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
(6%)
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Trans Fat
1g
(50%)
Cholesterol
14mg
(5%)
Sodium
84mg
(4%)
Potassium
18mg
(0%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
11g
(22%)
Vitamin A
119IU
(2%)
Calcium
15mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 30 cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 117
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 117kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 18g | 6% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 14mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 84mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 18mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 11g | 22% |
| Vitamin A | 119IU | 2% |
| Calcium | 15mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.