Cookies and cream peppermint puff cheesecake cookies
- 1 1/4 Cups Packed Brown Sugar
- 1/4 Cup Sugar
- 1 Cup Unsalted Butter ( Room Temp)
- 2 Large Eggs (Room Temp)
- 2 Tsp Vanilla
- 2 1/3 Cups of All Purpose Flour
- 1 Tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- Oreo Crumbs
- 1/4 Crushed Peppermint puffs
- 1/4 White Chocolate Chips
- You will need more of each topping for top of cookies.
Cheesecake Filling
Instructions
Make sure your Butter and eggs are room temperature and this dough will come together beautifully!
- In a large bowl mix sugar, eggs, butter and vanilla thoroughly mixing until combined and creamed but do not over mix.
- In a separate bowl sift your flour, salt and baking soda.
- Add the dry ingredients to your creamed mixture in two portions on low speed once everything is combined scrape the side and bottom of your bowl. On med speed mix the dough until ingredients are combined well but do not over mix.
- Add cookie crumbs, peppermint puffs and chocolate chips. Give one more mix until combined.
- Place the dough on parchment paper and cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour.
- To make your cheesecake filling whisk creamcheese,sugar and vanilla until creamy for 2-5 mins.
- Use 2 tbsp of dough per cookie. With a tablespoon make an indent in the middle and add 1 tsp of cheesecake filling. Grab the cookie and put the sides up and form a little ball with the cream cheese facing up and by just lifting the sides up. Add more cookie crumbs and peppermint puffs to the top. You can find the assembly on my instagram reels.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 9-10 mins (Mine bake in 10 mins) until golden brown on the bottom.
- When cookies are ready place on cooling rack. You can fix the shape of the cookies with a circle cookie cutter. Its a method the amazing Cloudy Kitchen developed that works wonders for you to have perfect round cookies. She has videos on her insta.
- Allow cookies to cool then enjoy!
- Enjoy!
TIPS
- These cookies will rise, once they’ve been out of the oven for a little while they will grab they’re shape.
- The raw cookie dough refrigerates beautifully and can be used for up to 5 days refrigerated and up to 1 month frozen.
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