Why We Love This Cream Cheese Cookie Recipe
If you’re looking for a simple and unique cookie recipe, today’s Cream Cheese Cookies are just the thing! These baked goodies are chewy, light, and fluffy with a delicate cream cheese tangy flavor. They have a slight crispy texture on the outside and practically melt in your mouth once you bite in. Truly, pure heaven in cookie form! Thankfully, it’s easy to whip up a large batch of a few dozen in well under an hour and keep them on hand in the fridge for whenever a sweet tooth craving hits. You can make simple cream cheese cookies with sprinkles, as shown here, or cream cheese chocolate chip cookies as well!
Ingredients You Need
Cream cheese – softened at room temperature Unsalted butter – softened at room temperature Sugar – granulated white sugar is best Eggs – room temperature Vanilla – use high-quality real vanilla extract All-purpose flour – or your favorite gluten-free baking alternative Salt – just a pinch to balance the sweetness Baking powder – for the most soft and fluffy cookies Sprinkles – or chocolate chips
Pro Tip: The most important step in making the cookie dough is to soften both the cream cheese and the butter. If the butter is firmer than the cream cheese, it won’t fully mix into the cream cheese to make a smooth batter. Set out the cream cheese and butter and allow them to come to room temperature so both are very soft.
How to Make Cream Cheese Cookies
Preheat the oven and line several cookie sheets with parchment paper. Combine the cream cheese, softened butter, and sugar in the large bowl of an electric mixer. Beat on high speed for 3-5 minutes, until very light and fluffy. Meanwhile, combine the flour, salt, and baking powder in a separate medium-size mixing bowl. When the cream cheese mixture is light and fluffy, turn off the mixer. Scrape the bowl with a rubber spatula, turn the mixer on low speed, and beat in the eggs and vanilla extract. Slowly mix in the flour mixture. Once all the dry ingredients are incorporated and the dough is smooth, turn off the mixer. Do not overmix the dough! Place the sprinkles in a small bowl. Portion out the dough balls using a 1 ½-tablespoon cookie scoop. The dough will be sticky! Gently drop each dough ball in the sprinkles. Then lift the dough ball out of the sprinkles and place it sprinkle-side-up on the baking sheet. Repeat the dipping process and place the cookies about 1 ½ inches apart on the baking sheets. Bake the cookies for approximately 9-11 minutes, until the edges are just barely golden brown… The centers might look slightly underbaked, but don’t leave them in the oven too long! The cookies will continue to bake as they cool on the baking sheet. After a few minutes transfer them to a wire rack to finish cooling.
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Feel free to swap sprinkles for chocolate chips for an even more decadent treat. You can even use half sprinkles and half chips! The sweetness and sharp tang of cream cheese make these cookies great to pair with nearly any kind of candy chips. Try this recipe with full-size or mini flavored chips, like:
Milk chocolate Semi-sweet chocolate Dark chocolate White chocolate Peanut butter Butterscotch Mint
Gently stir the chocolate chips in before forming the soft cookie dough balls. Or you can just sprinkle a few on top and gently push in before baking.
Looking for More Cookie Recipes? Be Sure to Try:
Cake Mix Cookies (4 Ingredients) Orange Cookies (Sugar Cookies with Orange Frosting) Soft Chocolate Coconut Cookies Soft Strawberry Cookies with Pistachios Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough
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