Sweet Potato Cheesecake Cookies
This is a recipe ves a cakey, pillowy, and soft sweet potato flavored cookie.
Ingredients
- Sweet Potato Cookies
- -Two Sticks of Unsalted Butter, Soft
- -1 cup brown sugar
- -1/2 cup white sugar
- -3 large eggs
- -1 tsp baking powder
- -1/2 tsp baking soda
- -1 tsp salt
- -1 tbsp vanilla bean paste
- -3/4 tsp cinnamon
- -1/4 tsp ginger
- -1/4 tsp nutmeg
- -1/4 tsp cloves
- -2 cups all purpose flour
- Cheesecake Filling
- -8oz cream cheese, soft
- -1/2 cup powdered sugar
- -1tbsp vanilla bean paste
- -1/4 heavy cream
- Pecan Streusel
- -1 cup of roughly chopped Pecans
- -1/2 cup of brown Sugar
- -4 tsp melted unsalted butter
- -3/4 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Sweet Potato Cookie
- - Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
- - Cream the softened butter with the sugars until fluffy
- - After creaming add the eggs 1 at a time
- - After all the eggs have been incorporated add the baking powder, baking soda, salt, vanilla paste, and all the spices. Then mix
- - After that add the flour and mix
- -let the dough rest in the fridge for 30 minutes
- Cheesecake filling
- - Mix the softened cream cheese with the powdered sugar
- -After mixed add the vanilla paste and the heavy cream
- -After that has been incorporated set in the fridge until firm enough to scoop
- Pecan Streusel
- -Combine the pecans, melted butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a bowl.
- -After the dough has chilled, scoop the cookie dough on a baking sheet. ( use whatever sized scoop you want)
- -Then scoop a bit of the cheesecake filling into the center of each cookie
- -Then top with another scoop of cookie dough
- -Finally sprinkle the pecan streusel on top of the cookie
- -Place in 350 degree Fahrenheit oven bake for around 12 minutes according to your cookie size. For larger cookies it'll take around 12-17 minutes to bakes. For smaller cookies 10-12 minutes.
- - After baking cool in pan for 3 minutes then transfer to cooling rack. Then enjoy
Notes
This is a recipe involves a cakey, pillowy, and soft sweet potato flavored cookie. With hints of spices such as cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. With the tanginess of the cheesecake filling. And finally topped off with a pecan streusel. This cookie hits every flavor a person is looking for especially in the fall. This cookie is the ultimate indulgent from the earthy hints of the sweet potato. The slight tang from the cheesecake filling and finally the buttery, sweet pecan streusel