I saw the picture and my tummy went YUM! Haven’t tried them yet but I’m going to. With only 12 cookies, they won’t stick around very long so the temptation will be over in a hurry. 😆

New York Cheesecake Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cooking time: 15 min
Ready to eat in 35 min
Serves 12

Ingredients

1 1⁄4 cup graham crackers, finely crushed (1 sleeve)
1 cup flour
1 1⁄2 tsp baking powder
1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
1⁄2 cup brown sugar, packed
1 egg, separated
3 oz cream cheese, softened
1⁄4 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp lemon zest
1⁄2 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large bowl, stir together the graham cracker crumbs, flour and baking powder. In a medium bowl, beat together the butter with the brown sugar using an electric hand mixer. Add the egg white and beat until well combined. Add to the graham cracker crumbs and blend until just combined.

In a separate medium bowl, beat together the softened cream cheese with the granulated sugar, egg yolk, lemon zest and vanilla until well combined. Set aside.

Using a small ice cream scoop, scoop out the cookie dough and place on a nonstick or parchment lined baking sheet. (If you do not have an ice scoop, then measure out the dough into scoops of about 2 tablespoons.) Flatten slightly, pressing your thumb in the center of the ball to create a small bowl shape. Repeat with the remaining dough. Spoon the cream cheese into the indents in the cookies.

Bake until the filling is barely set and the cookies are lightly golden, 12 minutes. Allow to cool 5 minutes on the baking sheets before removing them and cooling completely on a wire rack.

Recipe originally inspired by Food Network with 4-star rating and 20 reviews. (According to the website where I found this one. CLICK HERE for the whole story.) These make me want to grab a cup of coffee and a good book. I think I’ll read NIGHT FIRE, because I suspect Smoke might just wolf down the whole batch. 😉