oreo cheesecake cookies.

i had a dry baking spell - couldn't really find anything i really wanted to bake. i rehashed several recipes - eclairs and cupcakes - just to try to freshen things up.

a few days ago, i updated a facebook status with oreo cheesecake cupcakes vs shortbread cookies match and a stroke of genius in the form of my very lovely boss suggested doing Oreo Cheesecake Cookies.

the traditional cheesecake recipe combines cream cheese, vanilla, butter and sugar. how can i update this to churn this into a magical cookie?

thankfully, pioneer woman (my bible to everything baked and lovely) gave me the perfect recipe for the most surreal experience:

a gorgeous crispy-on-the-edge cookie with a soft puffy cream cheese centre.
(i apologise, the dslr is out of order so got to make do with instagram on iphone.)

 

Ingredients

Makes 30 - 40 cookies

• ¾ cup of butter, softened
• 127½ grams of cream cheese, room temp
• 1⅓ cup of granulated sugar
• 1½ teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1½ cup of plain flour, sifted
• ½ cup of chocolate chips
• ¾ cup of oreo cookies, crushed (you can leave the vanilla bits in)

Now, down with the dirty

• preheat the oven to 375˚F / 190˚C.
• cream butter and cream cheese in a mixing bowl with a standing or hand mixer - till mixture is creamy and smooth.
• add in sugar and vanilla extract. mix till incorporated
• In batches, slowly incorporate flour into the wet mixture. try to keep the mixer on on low and scrape the sides regularly.
• once everything is incorporated, stir in the chocolate chips
• now, you'll have an awesome batter like this:

• using two spoons, scoop the batter and drizzle oreo cookie crumbs all over:

• place the cookie crumbed batter on the baking sheet, 2 inches apart
• bake for 12-15 minutes, until the edges are crisp and the middle is slight puffy.
• let them rest for 10minutes so the centres can harden up.

enjoy!

 

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