CHERRY CHEESECAKE COOKIES

Cherry Cheesecake Cookies actually taste so much like cheesecake – you won’t believe it! I have been wanting to try a recipe that I have for Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip cookies for a while and then when I started making the dough, I had the idea to add some cheesecake pudding and turn them into a cheesecake inspired cookie instead! The dough is absolutely amazing (and it doesn’t even require an egg, so if you are like me and enjoy the dough more than the actual cookies, you can eat as much as you want)! The dough is kind of like sugar cookie dough, but you can definitely taste the cheesecake flavor from the pudding and cream cheese.

Even when they are baked, the cookies remain so soft! I think it’s because of the cream cheese and the pudding in them. I added a little bit of cherry pie filling to the top right before baking, but I kind of want to try mixing in some fresh raspberries or blackberries – I think that would be delicious. Honestly, I think these cookies would be absolutely delicious without adding anything – just as plain cheesecake cookies. They are that good. I sprinkled some graham cracker crumbs on top just for fun, but you could definitely leave those off too. This is one of those cookie recipes that is just so good and is so versatile too – I’m sure that you could add pretty much anything to these and they would taste amazing.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter softened
• 3 oz. cream cheese softened
• 1 Tbsp. milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 3.4 oz cheesecake instant pudding mix
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup cherry pie filling
• graham cracker crumbs for topping if desired

Instructions

1. Cream butter, cream cheese and milk with an electric mixer until well blended.
2. Beat in sugar, pudding mix and vanilla and then mix in the flour.
3. .............................................

for full instruction please see : butterwithasideofbread.com

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