Pinterest Experiment 5 - Cheesecake Cookies

Cheesecake, cheesecake, cheesecake. Wow, I'm a girl in love with cheesecake. This recipe turned out really good, although just like with the Trisha Yearwood Crock-pot Chocolate Candy it seemed like I was missing something. It was good, but not must-eat-an-entire-batch great.

I made a batch for Emily's daycare staff for Christmas. I also made these for a Christmas friend gathering. Both times people raved about the cookies.

Here is the original pin.

The list of ingredients is not too long:

3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
3 ounces cream cheese
2/3 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups All-Purpose Flour
Graham Cracker Crumbs, for coating

HOWEVER, both times I ended up using graham cracker crust for the coating. I had to based on, you guessed it - Wal-Mart - either being out of regular plain graham crackers or they do not carry them at all. All the boxes they did carry were flavored with cinnamon or honey.

I think the pie crust may have affected the coating of the cookies. Not in a bad way, but I'm curious to see how it turns out with actual graham crackers.

The pin explains how to make the cookies. It's relatively easy, except, she instructs to form the cookies into balls. I'd advise flattening them a bit.

The batch I made for the daycare staff turned out a lot of cookies, but I thought they were too small. The next batch I made them as big as regular cookies (flat, bigger than coin-size though). These turned out a lot tastier.

Once they come out the oven, they are bigger and flatter than when they went into the oven.

They are not pretty. But they were delish and easy. Especially for the holidays when we are smacked down busy like our pants are on fire for a month. I'll definitely put these in the cookie rotation.