Heather’s Cherry Cheesecake Cookies

Posted by on Friday, January 15th, 2010

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I just love Facebook!  Heather, a Facebook friend and photographer, posted the recipe for these Cherry Cheesecake Cookies and tagged me.  I just love being tagged in cyberspace with great recipes.  No writing required!  Thanks Heather for sharing one of your recipes with me.  The cookies were fantastic and the kids ate them – in spite of the FRUIT on top.

Makes about 4 ½ dozen cookies

• 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese, softened
• 20 tablespoons (2 ½ sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs (see note)
• 3 (20 oz.) cans cherry pie filling, drained

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. With electric mixer on med-high speed, beat cream cheese, butter, and sugar until smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until incorporated. Reduce speed to low, add flour mixture, and mix until just combined. Refrigerate dough until firm, at least 30 minutes.

Adjust oven racks to upper-middle and lower middle positions and heat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Place graham cracker crumbs in a shallow dish.

Roll dough into 1 ½ inch balls, then roll in crumbs. Place balls 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Using tablespoon measure, make indentation in center of each ball. Place 3 cherries in each dimple. Bake until golden around edges, 12 to 14 minutes, switching and rotating sheets halfway through baking. Cool 5 minutes on sheets, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely. (Cookies can be stored in airtight container for 2 days.)

*To make graham cracker crumbs, process 8 whole graham crackers in a food processor until finely ground.

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11 Responses to “Heather’s Cherry Cheesecake Cookies”

  1. Delia Salazaron 16 Jan 2010 at 11:38 am 1

    Found your site through PW. These cookies look yummy. I’ll have to make them soon!

  2. Taraon 16 Jan 2010 at 2:36 pm 2

    Hi Delia

    Thanks for visiting. I find a lot of interesting sites through PW too. Come visit again soon!

  3. Sinful Southern Sweetson 18 Jan 2010 at 3:39 pm 3

    Wow these do look great! I’m going to put these on my “to try” list. That list just keeps getting longer and longer :)

  4. Taraon 19 Jan 2010 at 5:56 am 4

    Hey Sinful Southern Sweets, thanks for stoppping by. I couldn’t resist checking out your site, since I’m a Southern gal myself. I enjoyed reading your blog and about your Princesses. I can tell we are kindred spirits! Come back soon.

  5. Heather Wambleon 20 Jan 2010 at 12:45 pm 5

    Tara, I hope you liked them! I feel special that you chose to blog this one. Your cookies are prettier than mine! =)
    Love to you & the family!
    ~Heather

  6. Taraon 20 Jan 2010 at 9:26 pm 6

    Heather – I kept thinking that YOUR cookies were prettier than mine – guess the grass is always greener on the other side!

  7. Heather Wambleon 21 Jan 2010 at 8:41 pm 7

    Well, I’ll share the picture & we’ll do a side-by-side comparison! Didn’t Richard take your picture? He always does great!

  8. Taraon 23 Jan 2010 at 7:45 am 8

    Yes, Richard took this photo. Micah has started taking several since Richard works long hours. Micah took the photo of the black bean and ham soup. They are both naturals at the photographing.

  9. michelleon 03 Dec 2011 at 9:47 pm 9

    I have a cookie exchange next week. In addition to my standard thumprint, I’m going to make these!

  10. erinon 10 Jan 2012 at 4:27 pm 10

    These are fantastically tasty and are very popular everywhere I take them. And your photography is gorgeous! But, you should know that the recipe posted above is verbatim (ingredients and instructions) from Cooks Country (www.cookscountry.com) and requires a paid subscription to view.
    http://www.cookscountry.com/recipes/Cherry-Cheesecake-Cookies/21078/

    I’m sure you didn’t know when it was posted, but now that it is known, I hope you’ll attribute the recipe source. Credit is good, especially when driving traffic to one’s site with someone else’s recipe!

  11. Taraon 12 Jan 2012 at 2:58 pm 11

    Thanks for the heads up Erin about that. I googled Cherry Cheesecake Cookies and found a page regarding Cooks Country, and also American Holiday Magazine. Looks like the recipe was in BOTH publications however the publication dates were after my original post here. I need to either make this post private, or edit the post with references to both these publications.