Description
Sweet potato pie cheesecake cookies blend Southern comfort with creamy indulgence. Spiced, rich cookie bites showcase classic holiday flavors in a delightful handheld treat you’ll crave all season long.
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups (220 grams) all-purpose flour
- 8 oz (226 grams) cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup (150 grams) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (120 milliliters) mashed sweet potato (cooked and cooled)
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup (50 grams) brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup (60 grams) graham cracker crumbs
- ¼ cup (30 grams) powdered sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tbsps (30 milliliters) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 tbsp (12 grams) granulated sugar
- 2 tsps vanilla extract
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
- Creaming: Whip softened butter with granulated and brown sugars until light and fluffy, creating a smooth foundational base for the cookies.
- Moisture Integration: Blend mashed sweet potato, egg, and vanilla extract into the butter mixture, ensuring a consistent and homogeneous texture.
- Dry Ingredient Fusion: Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt, then gently fold into the wet ingredients until just incorporated, avoiding overmixing.
- Cheesecake Topping Preparation: Whisk cream cheese with powdered sugar and vanilla extract until achieving a silky, luxurious consistency perfect for filling.
- Graham Cracker Crumble Creation: Mix graham cracker crumbs with melted butter and sugar to develop a crisp, textured topping with delicate crumbly characteristics.
- Cookie Formation and Filling: Distribute cookie dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet, creating small rounds with gentle center indentations. Carefully fill each depression with cheesecake mixture and sprinkle graham cracker crumble on top.
- Baking and Cooling: Roast in a preheated 350°F oven for 12-15 minutes until edges turn golden and centers set. Rest cookies on the baking sheet momentarily before transferring to a cooling rack, allowing them to solidify and reach optimal texture.
Notes
Soften Butter Strategically: Bring butter to room temperature 30-45 minutes before mixing to ensure smooth, even blending without overmixing.
Prevent Overmixing Dough: Fold dry ingredients gently into wet mixture just until combined to maintain soft, tender cookie texture and avoid tough results.
Create Perfect Indentations: Use the back of a cold, lightly greased spoon to make clean, even cookie centers without sticking or tearing the delicate dough.
Customize Spice Levels: Adjust warming spices like cinnamon and nutmeg to personal taste, increasing or decreasing quantities to match preferred flavor intensity.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 160
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 85 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg