October 25, 2023
Review RecipeChocolate Chip Cheesecake Cookies
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If you love creamy cheesecake and cookies, then these delightful melt-in-your-mouth chocolate chip cheesecake cookies are just the thing for you. These soft and chewy cookies have a sweet cream cheese flavor along with everything we love about a classic chocolate chip cookie that is sure to please.
Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cookies Ingredients
You’ll need:
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅓ cup cornstarch
- ½ cup salted butter, softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- ½ cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips, plus more to top the cookies if desired
Substitutions And Additions
MIX-INS: Instead of mini chocolate chips, add pecans, M&M candies, sprinkles, toffee bits, or crushed Oreo cookies to your cookie dough.
How To Make This Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cookies
STEP ONE: In a medium bowl, add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and cornstarch. Whisk together, then set aside.
STEP TWO: In a large bowl, with an electric mixer or stand mixer, beat butter and cream cheese together until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes on medium speed).
OUR RECIPE DEVELOPER SAYS
Make sure the cream cheese is at room temperature so that you don’t have any lumps in the cream cheese mixture.
STEP THREE: Add vanilla extract and eggs and beat together until combined. Use a rubber spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl.
STEP FOUR: Add powdered sugar and continue beating to combine and make a fluffy batter.
STEP FIVE: Turn the mixer on low speed and gradually add the dry ingredients and the heavy cream and mix to combine.
STEP SIX: Beat in ½ cup of mini chocolate chips just until combined.
STEP SEVEN: Cover dough with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
PRO TIP:
The dough is really sticky. You could chill for longer, but for the quickest finished cookies, chill for just 30 minutes in the refrigerator – which makes the dough manageable enough to scoop and then blast chill it in the freezer to make it manageable enough to roll into smooth balls.
STEP EIGHT: Preheat the oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
STEP NINE: Use a cookie scoop to make balls from the chilled dough. Space cookie dough balls 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets.
Place the cookie sheets into the freezer for 5 minutes.
STEP TEN: After 5 minutes, remove each baking sheet from the freezer and quickly roll each ball of dough between the palms of your hands to form a smooth ball.
Press each ball gently on the top to flatten slightly. Sprinkle additional mini chips over the tops of the cookie dough.
PRO TIP:
The smooth balls and flattening them a little bit really makes a picture-perfect cookie and also help them to bake evenly.
STEP ELEVEN: Bake for 9 to 10 minutes until the dough has spread into smooth cookies and the cookies are just barely beginning to brown on the bottom edges.
STEP TWELVE: Transfer cookies to a wire rack and allow them to cool.
How To Serve
These would be a sweet treat to add to holiday cookie trays. Everyone will love the creamy cheesecake flavor.
Of course, there’s nothing wrong with saving these to enjoy yourself. Add a cup of tea, whipped hot chocolate, or homemade pumpkin spice latte for a cozy treat.
We can help you find your favorite cookie recipe here. Check out our gooey Twix cookies and our blueberry cookies that feature lovely bursts of fresh berries inside.
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Storage
ON THE COUNTER: Store these chewy cookies in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
IN THE FREEZER: This sweet treat can be frozen in an airtight container for up to 3 months.
These chocolate chip cheesecake cookies are so soft and creamy and a little dense, just like little pillows of deliciousness.
The hints of cheesecake will take a favorite cookie over the top. It will become your favorite chocolate chip cookie and will be a hit with the whole family (and try our salted caramel chocolate chip cookie bars, too, for another comforting treat).
Frequently Asked Questions
This easy recipe can be frozen in an airtight container for up to three months.
We wouldn’t recommend storing them in the fridge as they will lose the soft texture that makes them so delicious.
Mini M&Ms, toffee bits, blueberries, nuts, or crushed cookies would all give these cookies a little something extra.
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Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cookies
Ingredients
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅓ cup cornstarch
- ½ cup salted butter, softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- ½ cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips, plus more to top the cookies if desired
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and cornstarch. Whisk together, then set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes on medium speed).
- Add vanilla extract and eggs and beat together until combined. Use a rubber spatula to scrape the sides of the mixing bowl.
- Add in powdered sugar and continue beating to combine and make a fluffy batter.
- Turn the mixer on low and gradually add the dry ingredients and the heavy cream and mix to combine.
- Beat in ½ cup of mini chocolate chips just until combined.
- Cover dough with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Use a cookie scoop to make balls from the chilled dough. Space 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets. Place the cookie sheets into the freezer for 5 minutes.
- After 5 minutes, remove the cookie sheet from the freezer and quickly roll each ball of dough between the palms of your hands to form a smooth ball. Press each ball gently on the top to flatten slightly. Sprinkle additional mini chips over the tops of the cookie dough.
- Bake for 9 to 10 minutes until the dough has spread into smooth cookies, and the cookies are just barely beginning to brown on the bottom edges.
- Transfer cookies to a cooling rack and let them cool.
Notes
- Make sure the cream cheese is at room temperature so that you don’t have any lumps in the cream cheese mixture.
- The dough is really sticky. You could chill for longer, but for the quickest finished cookies, chill for just 30 minutes in the refrigerator – which makes the dough manageable enough to scoop and then blast chill it in the freezer to make it manageable enough to roll into smooth balls.
- The smooth balls and flattening them a little bit really makes a picture-perfect cookie and also help them to bake evenly.
Comments
Gloria says
Rich, light, and delicious!
Cheryl says
Can i use milk instead of heavy cream?
Layne Kangas says
Hi, Cheryl – we would recommend heavy cream for this recipe. Enjoy!
Joan Hollshwandner says
I made a double batch. But you said that you should not refrigerate them but you can freeze them. I refrigerated them and the family thought they tasted better.
Shanna-Kay Currie says
When freezing are you speaking of the cookies or left over dough.. in the sence of just making a small batch
Layne Kangas says
You can freeze the dough or the cookies already made. Enjoy!
Ruby Abel says
So good my niece want them so bad she pregnant and this made her day .one awesome cookie
Pam says
Can you refrigerate them overnight and bake next day?
Layne Kangas says
Sure, that should work – enjoy!
Dia says
Amazing ! Soft and fluffy
Tina says
Can you make ahead and freeze them? Or freeze the dough?
I have made before and I love them. I have never frozen them.
Layne Kangas says
Yes, you can freeze the dough or the already baked cookies once cooled. Enjoy!
Shelly says
Made these and they came out perfect though I substituted with milk since I didnโt have heavy cream on hand. Theyโre the right amount of sweet and very soft. I dusted them with powdered sugar.
Geraldine Auguste says
Amazing ๐คฉ