SUGAR COOKIE CUPS WITH CREAM CHEESE FILLING

Sugar Cookie Cups with Cream Cheese Filling image

If you can't decide between cookies or cheesecake now you don't have to. This would be good with chocolate chip or peanut butter cookie cups also.

Provided by Donna Schantz

Categories Desserts Cookies Filled Cookie Recipes

Time 1h10m

Yield 18

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

½ cup butter
½ cup white sugar, or more as needed, divided
1 egg
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
¼ cup white sugar
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 egg

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 18 cupcake cups with paper liners.
Beat butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla extract together using an electric mixer in a mixing bowl until smooth.
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.
Place 1 teaspoon of batter into each of the prepared cupcake cups. Sprinkle each cup with a little sugar.
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.
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.
Bake in the preheated oven until filling sets, 10 to 15 minutes more. Let cool completely before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 175.7 calories, Carbohydrate 18.8 g, Cholesterol 47.9 mg, Fat 10.1 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 2.9 g, SaturatedFat 6.2 g, Sodium 144.5 mg, Sugar 9.8 g