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Easy Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies Recipe

These Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies feature soft sugar cookie dough filled with tangy cream cheese discs and pockets of homemade strawberry jam. Perfect for spring gatherings or everyday indulgence, this easy recipe delivers gooey, fruity, and creamy bites in every cookie.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 24 cookies
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 180
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Cheesecake Filling
  • 6 oz cream cheese cold
  • 3 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Homemade Strawberry Jam
  • 12 oz fresh strawberries hulled and diced
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
Cookie Dough
  • 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
For Rolling
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar

Method
 

  1. Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until fluffy. Scoop into 24 discs and freeze 30 minutes.
  2. Cook strawberries with sugar over medium heat 45 minutes until thick. Chill.
  3. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Whisk flour, baking powder, soda, salt.
  4. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy, then add egg and vanilla.
  5. Fold dry ingredients into wet. Divide dough into quarters. Layer jam and fold edges to seal.
  6. Scoop dough, flatten, place frozen cheesecake disc inside, wrap fully.
  7. Roll in sugar, bake 11-12 minutes until edges golden. Cool 10 minutes, then transfer to rack.

Notes

Freeze cheesecake discs before assembly. Avoid overmixing jam to maintain pockets of flavor. Slightly underbake for chewy texture.