Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies are some of our favorite spring and summer treats! Fruity, buttery, melt in your mouth delicious these cookies don’t just taste delightful but are also really easy to make.
Fresh sweet strawberries and a hint of lemon are combined with creamy cheesecake flavors and white chocolate chips for added sweetness and crunch.
These ‘cakelike’ cookies are incredibly soft and very fluffy.
Strawberry Cheesecake cookies are incredibly easy to make and in less than 45 minutes you have cookies that the entire family is going to love.
What You’ll Need
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WET INGREDIENTS: lemon zest, lemon juice, vanilla extract,
DAIRY: unsalted butter (room temperature), cream cheese, eggs
DRY INGREDIENTS: sugar, self-rising flour, white chocolate chips
STRAWBERRIES
How To Make The Cheesecake Cookies
PREP
- Dice the strawberries and cover them in about 1 tablespoon of your flour. This will prevent them from clumping.
- Preheat the oven to 350° Fahrenheit. and cover baking sheets with parchment paper.
Making the Batter
- In a large bowl combine cream cheese, butter, and sugar. Add vanilla extract, eggs, and lemon (juice+zest). Blend well with a electric mixer. Add self-rising flour.
- Carefully fold in diced strawberries and white chocolate chips.
- Allow batter to rest for 10 minutes .
- Use an ice cream scoop (or a regular tablespoon) to shape cookies.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes at 350° Fahrenheit until the bottom starts turning golden brown.
Tips for Success
Did you know that different ovens tend to behave differently? Yes, each oven has its particularities. Mine will often bake a little faster on the far left side.
Different ovens have different thermodynamics and thus behave slightly differently. Why is this important? Because it will determine how long you will have to bake your cookies.
What can you do about it? To make sure that your cookies bake evenly, you’ll have to experiment a little bit.
In this recipe you’ll see that the recommended baking time is 12-15 minutes. Start by baking the first batch for 12 minutes.
Remove the cookies and use a toothpick to check for doneness. If the cookie hasn’t fully baked, increase the baking time by one minute.
If your oven is like mine and bakes a little unevenly, divide the minimum baking time by 2. Rotate the baking sheet 180 degrees for the second half of the bake.
Knowing when your cookies are just right
The goal is to have a cookie that is lightly browned at the edges but light in center.
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Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter unsalted, softened
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- ¾ cup sugar granulated
- 1 large egg
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1¼ cup self-rising flour
- 1 cup strawberries diced
- 1 whole lemon zest + juice
- 4 ounces white chocolate chips
Instructions
PREP
- Preheat the oven to 350° Fahrenheit. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Wash and dice the strawberries. Sprinkle the strawberries with about 1 tablespoon of flour. Make sure all strawberries are coated with a light layer of flour.
MAKING THE COOKIE DOUGH
- Combine softened butter, cream cheese and sugar with a hand mixer until the mixture becomes creamy.
- Add egg, vanilla extract, lemon juice + zest and continue to beat the mixture for 2-3 minutes until the ingredients are well combined.
- Add the remaining flour to the batter and beat until it has incorporated into the batter.
- Fold white chocolate chips and strawberries into the dough.
- Use an ice cream spoon and portion out 12 scoops of cookie dough onto a baking sheet.
Baking The Cookies
- Bake the cookies for 12-15 minutes at 350° Fahrenheit. Once baked, transfer the cooking onto a wire rack and allow to cool completely.
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