Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies
I am a big fan of Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies, and you will be too, after tasting the best of the best! My Ultimate Strawberry Cookies are slightly crispy on the outside and perfectly chewy on the inside, with the help of the cream cheese filling. Whoever tastes this, family or friends, get ready for the compliments to roll in! It's that delicious!
These cookies, literally taste like sugar cookies and cheesecake all in one. The perfect combination of ingredients for these perfect pretty cookies. They are beautiful and so addictive. The real chunks of strawberry pieces are just the top of the cake.
Strawberry is my favorite fruit and cheesecake is my favorite treat. So, I'm not even surprised that this cookie got on my top list of cookies. Usually, I love some good Chocolate Chip Cookies, but this one won the competition from now. You'll see what I am talking about when you try it out.
My other favorite one is the M&M Cookies which is my son's favorite too. My son loves the Hocus Pocus Cookies also which is a beautiful, colorful sugar cookie. They look so bright and inviting with those colors, that is so easy to make kids' attention with them.
Why You'll Love It
- Has fresh strawberry
- Has Cheese Cake filling (Cream Cheese)
- Easy to Make
- Quick to Make
- They are beautiful little cookies
- They are sweet, buttery, and slightly pillowy cookies
- Kids will love it
My husband loves sweet cookies but I like cookies with slightly less sugar. So, sometimes when I am the one, whos craving it, I add less sugar. But usually, I just do it this way (after this recipe) because my husband eats 80% of the cookies, so why just not make it how he likes it? Right?
Ingredients
The cream cheese filling has two ingredients. Obviously the ¾ cup cream cheese and ¼ powdered sugar. It's so simple and ready in a few seconds. For the cookies:
- Salted Butter
- White Sugar
- Brown Sugar
- Egg
- Egg yolk
- Vanilla Extract
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- All-Purpose Flour
- Fresh Strawberries
You'll get approximately 10 - 11 cookies, depends how big you want them. But for them to be bigger and puffy cookies you'll need them to be larger.
How To Make Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies
- In a small bowl mix the cream cheese with powdered sugar until smooth and combined.
- Place 10 teaspoons of cream cheese on the baking sheet. Freeze for 30 minutes, or until almost completely solid.
- Whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda then set aside.
- In a bowl, beat the butter and sugars together with a hand mixer, until light and fluffy (about 1-2 minutes). Mix in the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract.
- Add in the flour, salt, and baking soda, and mix until just combined. (Make sure you don't over-mix it.)
- Dice the strawberries and gently fold them in.
- Scoop 12 heaping tablespoons of dough onto the baking sheet. They should be slightly big (approximately they'd be about 2 tbsp-sized).
- Press the back of a teaspoon into the top of the balls of dough to create an indent.
- Remove the cream cheese filling from the freezer and place one into each of the cookies.
- Make the cookie dough a ball with a cheesecake inside. Will be harder to work with, because of the strawberries, but just do it. It doesn't have to be perfect.
- Refrigerate the prepared cookie dough balls for at least 15-20 minutes, and bake them for 13-16 minutes in a preheated oven at 350°F. It has to be slightly golden brown and the tops set.
- After removing them from the oven, cool them down, then enjoy.
The good thing about these cookies is that everything is natural. Because of the fresh strawberries you don't need anything artificial and anything unhealthy.
Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies
Equipment
- Baking Sheet
- Parchment Paper
- Small Bowl
- Hand mixer
Ingredients
- 2 sticks Salted Butter (1 cup)
- ¾ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup fresh strawberries
Cream Cheese Filling
- ¾ cup cream cheese
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a small bowl mix the cream cheese with powdered sugar until smooth and combined.
- Place 10 teaspoons of cream cheese on the baking sheet. Freeze for 30 minutes, or until almost completely solid.
- Whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda then set aside.
- In a bowl, beat the butter and sugars together with a hand mixer, until light and fluffy (about 1-2 minutes). Mix in the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract.
- Add in the flour, salt, and baking soda, and mix until just combined. (Make sure you don't over-mix it.)
- Dice the strawberries and gently fold them in.
- Scoop 12 heaping tablespoons of dough onto the baking sheet. They should be slightly big (approximately they'd be about 2 tbsp-sized).
- Press the back of a teaspoon into the top of the balls of dough to create an indent.
- Remove the cream cheese filling from the freezer and place one into each of the cookies.
- Make the cookie dough a ball with a cheesecake inside. Will be harder to work with, because of the strawberries, but just do it. It doesn't have to be perfect.
- Refrigerate the prepared cookie dough balls for at least 15-20 minutes, and bake them for 13-16 minutes in a preheated oven at 350°F. It has to be slightly golden brown and the tops set.
- After removing them from the oven, cool them down, then enjoy.
Nutrition
Usually I'm all about chocolate chip cookies, but these strawberry ones are so yum!! The fresh strawberries give them such a nice fruity flavor. They are so easy to make and look so cute with the cream cheese filling peeking out. Definitely a new favorite.
The cookies are soft and chewy with bursts of fresh strawberry flavor in every bite. And the cream cheese filling is the perfect complement. I loved that it's made with natural ingredients. So yummy and super healthy!
I love anything with strawberries! These cookies were so soft and the cheesecake filling really puts these over the edge. Definitely making these again and again!
Dicing the strawberries was a bit messy, but totally worth it for the burst of fresh flavor in every bite. Love how the strawberries get all juicy and soft inside the cookie. Really really delicious!
Tried making these cookies with my daughter, and it was such a fun experience! She loved helping to dice the strawberries and fill the cookies with the creamy cheesecake mixture. It's a great family activity! he tanginess of the cream cheese perfectly balances the sweetness of the strawberries. They were so yum!
These cookies are delicious! I love the combination of strawberries and cheesecake!
Great recipe! Turned out exactly as described with crispy edges and a chewy center. My favorite type of cookie!
These are my kind of cookies!!! Moist, cheezy and filled with fruits! I'm trying this with my boy on the weekend!
Loved these cookies, and so did my family and friends. Everyone was gushing over the surprise filling in the middle. And the flavour of strawberries really shines in them! 10 out of 10!
Strawberry cheesecake cookies look delicious! A perfect cookie for the summer.
Wow! What a marvelous flavor combination. I want to make these right now! Yum!
So good - the perfect summer cookie! Loved the cheesecake filling.
Whipped up a batch of these this afternoon and they did not disappoint! Turned out perfectly moist, sweet and delicious; exactly what I needed to cure my sweet tooth, indeed!