Sugar Cookie Cups with Cream Cheese Filling
Description
You no longer have to choose between cookies and cheesecake; this recipe stuffs baked sugar cookie cups with a cream cheese filling for the ultimate balanced dessert.
Ingredients
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1/2 cup butter
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1/2 cup white sugar, or more as needed, divided
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1 egg
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1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
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1/2 teaspoon baking powder
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1/4 teaspoon baking soda
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
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1/4 cup white sugar
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2 tablespoons white sugar
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1 egg
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 18 cupcake cups with paper liners.
2
Beat butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla extract together using an electric mixer in a mixing bowl until smooth.
3
Sift 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl. Mix into butter mixture until combined.
4
Place 1 teaspoon of batter into each of the prepared cupcake cups. Sprinkle each cup with a little sugar.
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Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and indent each cup using a teaspoon-sized measuring spoon. Let cool 10 minutes.
6
While cookie cups cool, beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, and egg together using an electric mixer in a mixing bowl until smooth. Place a little more than 1 teaspoon of filling into each cookie cup. Sprinkle with sugar.
7
Bake in the preheated oven until filling sets, 10 to 15 minutes more. Let cool completely before serving.