Snickers Cheesecake Cookies
- 1/2 Cup Unsalted Brown Butter
- 1/2 Cup + 2 Tbsp Packed Brown Sugar
- 2 Tbsp Sugar
- 1 Large Egg (Room Temp)
- 1 Tsp Vanilla
- 1 1/4 Cups of All Purpose Flour(Spoon & Leveled)
- 1/2 Tsp Baking Soda
- 1/4 Tsp Salt
- 1 Cup Semisweet Chocolate Chips
- 1/2 Cup Chopped Snickers
- Lightly Salted Peanuts (crushed for garnish)
- Store Bought Caramel Sauce (for drizzle optional)
Cheesecake Filling
Instructions
Makes 8 Cookies
- Begin by making your cheesecake filling. The cream cheese must be room temp. With a stand mixer or handheld mixer beat the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth for about 3 to 5 minutes.
- On parchment paper drop 1/2 Tablespoon dallops of cheesecake filling and freeze for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- Next cut butter into cubes. In a heavy saucepan heat butter over Medium heat to begin the browning process. Stir constantly until the butter begins to turn into a golden brown color. It will be foamy and that is ok. Once the butter has reached that beautiful golden brown color remove from heat and place it on a heat safe bowl to cool.
- While your butter cools sift your dry ingredients.
- Once the butter has cooled preheat oven to 350F
- In a large bowl combine your brown butter and sugars and whisk until combined.
- Add eggs and vanilla and whisk until combined.
- Add your sifted dry ingredients into the wet mixture and fold until just combined. Do not over mix.
- Add chocolate chips and snickers and fold until combined. Do not over mix.
- Cookies need to be baked right away this dough does not refrigerate well.
- Drop the dough by 1/4 cup balls or use an ice cream scoop. Flatten the cookie dough and place a dallop of cheesecake filling in the center. Wrap the cookie dough around the cheesecake filling closing it out. Add more chocolate chips and snickers on top Bake 6 at a time in a large cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown on the bottom.
- This is optional but once cookies are ready you can fix the shape with a large round cookie cutter or a big measuring cup.(Videos on my insta for reference)
- Once you fix the shape of your cookies if you choose to add more chocolate chip and snickers pieces to the top! .
- Lightly drizzle with caramel on top and add crushed peanuts.
TIPS
- Cookies will look a little undone once taken out they will finish baking in the baking sheet out of the oven. Allow them to cool completely to set.
- Store your left over cookies in the fridge due to the cheesecake center. Take out the desired amount and allow to room temp for about 1 hour so the texture can be better.
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