Sugar Cookie Cups with Cream Cheese Filling

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.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 176 Calories

Ingredients

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

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 18 cupcake cups with paper liners.

Step 2

Beat butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla extract together using an electric mixer in a mixing bowl until smooth.

Step 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.

Step 4

Place 1 teaspoon of batter into each of the prepared cupcake cups. Sprinkle each cup with a little sugar.

Step 5

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.

Step 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.

Step 7

Bake in the preheated oven until filling sets, 10 to 15 minutes more. Let cool completely before serving.