Cream Cheese Cookie Cups Recipes

CREAM CHEESE COOKIES I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter, cream cheese, and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. Stir in flour until well blended. Drop dough by spoonfuls or use a cookie press to place onto prepared cookie sheets. If using floral cookie press design, make an indentation in the center with a thimble, fill with preserves, or press candy into center.
• Bake for 15 minutes in preheated oven. Cookies should be pale.

SUGAR COOKIE CUPS WITH CREAM CHEESE FILLING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 18 cupcake cups with paper liners.
• Beat butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla extract together using an electric mixer in a mixing bowl until smooth.
• Sift 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl. Mix into butter mixture until combined.
• Place 1 teaspoon of batter into each of the prepared cupcake cups. Sprinkle each cup with a little sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and indent each cup using a teaspoon-sized measuring spoon. Let cool 10 minutes.
• While cookie cups cool, beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, and egg together using an electric mixer in a mixing bowl until smooth. Place a little more than 1 teaspoon of filling into each cookie cup. Sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until filling sets, 10 to 15 minutes more. Let cool completely before serving.

CREAM CHEESE COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Cut cookie dough in half (save 1 portion for another use). With floured hands, press about 1 tablespoon of dough onto the bottom and up the sides of 12 ungreased miniature muffin cups. Bake at 350° until lightly browned, 8-10 minutes. , Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, reshape the puffed cookie cups. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Spoon into cookie cups. Store in the refrigerator.

CREAM CHEESE TURTLE CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Place cookie dough in a large bowl; let stand at room temperature 5-10 minutes to soften. Add flour; beat until blended. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place in greased mini-muffin cups. Press evenly onto bottoms and up the sides of cups., Bake 6-8 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Press a deep indentation in center of each with the end of a wooden spoon handle. Bake 8-10 minutes longer or until golden brown. Cool in pans 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., In a small bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy; gradually beat in caramel topping. Fold in chopped pecans. Spoon 2 teaspoons filling into each cup. Drizzle with fudge topping; top with pecan halves. Refrigerate until serving. Freeze option: Freeze undecorated cookies, layered between waxed paper, in freezer containers. To use, thaw in covered containers and decorate as directed.

CREAM CHEESE COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Place one piece of dough into the bottom of 12 ungreased muffin cups. Bake at 325° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, reshape the puffed cookie cups (to make cups).
• BEAT cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, egg and vanilla extract in medium bowl until smooth. Pour about 3 tablespoons cream cheese mixture over each cookie in cup.
• BAKE for an additional 15 to 18 minutes or until set. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Top with pie filling. Refrigerate for 1 hour.

COOKIES AND CREAM CUPS

Steps:

• Crush 15 of the cookies into fine crumbs. Add the melted butter, then mix to combine. Press some of the crumbs into each cup of a 12-cup muffin pan. Set aside.
• Break up 6 more of the cookies into chunks. Mix the softened ice cream with the broken-up cookies. Spoon some of the ice cream mixture into each cup of the muffin pan. Crush the remaining 2 to 3 cookies into crumbs and sprinkle over the cups.
• Freeze until firm, then remove from the muffin pan and place in resealable plastic bags or other airtight containers.

CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE FILLED COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Cut dough into 24 equal parts, roll into balls.
• Put a ball of dough into an ungreased mini-muffin tin.
• Press dough on bottom and up the sides.
• Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
• If puffy, press dough back around sides with the back of a metal teaspoon.
• Cool 5 minutes; remove to wire cooking rack.
• In a small bowl, combine cream cheese, cocoa, and powdered sugar; mix well.
• Add milk, and mix till smooth.
• Fill cookie cups with cream cheese mixture.
• Store in refrigerator.