Description
Delicious cheesecake-stuffed caramel apple cookies blend sweet and tangy flavors from autumn orchards. Rich cookie dough wraps creamy cheesecake and caramel, creating a perfect seasonal dessert you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup (1 stick or 113 g) unsalted butter (softened)
- ½ cup (100 g) brown sugar (packed)
- ¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar
- 1 ¾ cups (220 g) all-purpose flour
- 4 oz (113 g) cream cheese (softened)
- ½ cup (75 g) diced apple (peeled & finely chopped)
- ½ cup (85 g) caramel bits or soft caramels (chopped)
- ¼ cup caramel sauce (for drizzling)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsps powdered sugar
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp sea salt (optional, for salted caramel flavor)
Instructions
- Preparation: Whip cream cheese with powdered sugar and vanilla extract until achieving a velvety, homogeneous mixture that promises a luxurious filling.
- Portioning: Craft uniform cream cheese droplets onto parchment paper, strategically creating consistent globules that will become the cookie’s concealed, creamy nucleus.
- Chilling: Freeze the delicate cream cheese centers for 30 minutes, transforming them into firm, structurally sound cores that will deliver an unexpected, sumptuous burst within each confection.
Notes
- Chill Cream Cheese Precisely: Freeze dollops exactly 30 minutes for perfect structural stability, preventing messy melting during baking.
- Uniform Sizing Matters: Use a small cookie scoop or measuring spoon to create consistent cream cheese centers, ensuring even distribution and balanced cookie texture.
- Control Moisture Carefully: Pat apple chunks dry before mixing to prevent excess liquid from compromising cookie dough consistency and preventing spread.
- Gentle Handling Technique: Wrap cookie dough gently around frozen cream cheese centers, sealing edges completely to prevent filling leakage during baking.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg