Cookies just got better with these delicious strawberry cheesecake stuffed cookies. Imagine your favorite strawberry cheesecake stuffed inside a warm, buttery white chocolate chip cookie. Yum!
Happy Monday!
Yes, okay, perhaps not so happy, but we are here anyway and gosh darn it, we are going to make the best of it, right?
To keep our spirits bright, I am sharing my strawberry cheesecake stuffed cookies because I cannot stop munching on them and I know you will love them too.
You'd think that after all the cake I've been eating this past weekend that I would want to take a break from the sweets, but you'd be wrong. There is no denying two or three of these cookies if you have then in your sight.
I can't really pick which part of this cookie I love the most. The crispy edges.. the soft, chewy inside... the gooey cheesecake... the fresh strawberry jam....
Honestly, I think it's how it all comes together that really gets to me. These are the feel-good cookies we need to get us through today.
I recommend grabbing your favorite drink (seriously guys, the mango black tea lemonade rules my life right now) and a couple of these cookies, and taking on the day with gusto.
Some notes: Don't try and use a white chocolate bar here. We need white chocolate chips because they will brown in the oven and when that happens, the sugar caramelizes and it gives the white chocolate a brown butter nuttiness to it which helps cut the sweetness and adds so much more depth to its flavor.
In the recipe, I recommend two chilling times, but if you are looking at the recipe thinking you ain't got time for that, you can skip the first chilling period.
The first chill is to help make the dough easier to work with when you are shaping and filling it, but you can skip it if you are pressed for time.
Do not skip the second chilling time though, as that keeps the cookies from getting greasy from the butter or spreading too much in the oven.
Recipe Card
Strawberry Cheesecake Stuffed Cookies
Ingredients
Filling
- 8 oz cream cheese room temperature
- 1 egg yolk room temperature
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoons strawberry jam
Cookies
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cups crushed graham crackers
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon corn starch
- ¾ cups unsalted butter room temperature
- ¾ cups sugar
- ⅔ cups lightly packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Beat the cream cheese, egg yolk, sugar, flour, salt, and vanilla together. Stir in the jam. Cover and set aside in the refrigerator for at least 20 mins to firm slightly.
- Mix together the flour, graham crackers, salt, baking soda, and corn starch together. Set aside.
- Beat together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs and beat each in one at a time until fully incorporated. Beat in the vanilla.
- Mix in the flour mixture and beat until incorporated.
- Fold in most of the white chocolate chips, leaving some to stud the top of the dough.
- Chill for about 30 minutes (this chilling time is optional, but recommended to make the dough easier to work with). Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Scoop out one tablespoon of the cookie dough and create a deep bowl. Fill with a heaping teaspoon of the cheesecake mixture ( the mixture won't be solid, but should be thick; if you end up with extra filling, don't be shy about adding more to the cookies as long as you seal them well).
- Top with another tablespoon of cookie dough, ensuring there are no openings the cheesecake can escape. Repeat with all the dough.
- Top the cookies with the remaining white chocolate chips, pushing them in slightly to stick.
- Chill for at least 30 minutes, then bake for about 10 - 12 minutes, or until a light golden brown.
Notes
Nutrition
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Amber says
I literally just pulled these out of my oven
They are beautiful. I didn't have a whole cup of white chocolate so I just added them as little studs on top. I don't know how to upload a pic or I would but uh, thanks for this recipe!!
Amanda says
Thank you! I hope they were good!
Joanne says
Wow, these cookies look look so delicious!
Lynette Siler says
How much flour?? Don't see it in the ingredients, but it's in the directions. Thanks!
Amanda says
Hi Lynette, sorry for the late reply! The flour was in with another section of the recipe by mistake. It should be fixed now!
Angela | Mind Over Batter says
Girl, you have officially changed the state of my Mondays with these masterpieces. I'm almost (almost) wishing for it to be Monday again. If only to have these cookies in my face.
Amanda Wilson says
I made these. And was not very impressed. Normally baked goods dont last in my house..but these are. Good concept...I think im going to try using the recipe but a different cooking method so the filling is throughout the cookie. And maybe mix the filling and jam..with a smaller jam ratio.
Amanda says
Amanda, I'm so sorry to hear you didn't like the cookies. Can you please tell me what it was about the cookie you didn't like so that I can go back and retest the recipe with adjustments per your suggestion. From your comment maybe you think there was too much jam? When my cookies baked, they spread out a bit so the cheesecake mixture did spread out through the cookie more. Your feedback is invaluable to me!
Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie says
Oh wow they look so unsuspecting from the outside! Yum yum.
Sarah says
Love this recipe. Just wanted to point out- you do mention the graham crumbs but do not tell us what to do with them in the recipe directions... Otherwise, can't wait till mine are done in the oven!
Amanda says
Thanks for pointing that out! You mix it in with the flour. I am updating the recipe now!
Zainab says
Cookies are ALWAYS welcome over here. These are just looking too good to be true.
Joanne Bruno says
Oh man...how could you NOT love these?! THey look like an addiction waiting to happen.
stephanie says
GOOD LORD! These look too good to be true.
Judy@ImBoredLetsGo says
I wish you were my neighbor, these look incredible!
Beeta @ Mon Petit Four says
These definitely look like feel-good cookies! I think I'd be in heaven between the graham cracker crumbs and the gooey, chewy centers <3 These look incredible, Amanda!
Medha @ Whisk & Shout says
These look so fabulous and I love the graham cracker crumbs! 🙂 Pinning!
Michelle @ Hummingbird High says
Wow! What a cool recipe; I've never seen any cookies like this before. The idea of strawberry cheesecake stuffed cookies is just brilliant!
June @ How to Philosophize with Cake says
Wow those look amazing! I would be thrilled to get up on a Monday if I had these cookies 🙂