Cheesecake-Stuffed Cookie made with M&M’S® MINIS Chocolate Candies
Ingredients
Cheesecake Filling
- 6¾ oz Low Fat Cream Cheese, softened
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- ½ tsp Clear Jel thickener
Cookie Dough
- 1½ cup Butter, softened
- 1⅛ cup Granulated Sugar
- 2 each Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 2 cup AP Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Salt
- As needed M&M’S® MINIS Milk Chocolate Candies
Cheesecake-Stuffed Cookie made with M&M’S® MINIS Chocolate Candies
Makes: 18, 2-ounce cookies
Direction
Cheesecake Filling
- Mix until evenly distributed.
- Portion into 2 tbsp scoops. Use a round mold to freeze filling into approximately half-ounce pucks.
Cookie Dough
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- Cream butter and sugar, then add egg and vanilla.
- Add in flour, baking soda, powder and salt.
- Mix until combined.
- Scoop dough into 1.5 ounce portions, form around the frozen cream cheese mix.
- Chill formed dough for at least 20 minutes.
- Bake 350ºF for 13-16 min or until done.
- While cookies are warm, top with M&M’S® MINIS Milk Chocolate Candies. Gently press in for adhesion.