Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1 package of sugar cookie mix
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tablespoons unbleached flour
  • 1 package 8 ounces of cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 can of cherry pie filling about 1 cup
  • 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 1 tablespoon light brown sugar

Instruction

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  • Combine sugar cookie mix, softened butter, and egg in a medium-sized mixing bowl and mix well.
  • Add 2 tablespoons of flour and mix until a soft dough forms (dough will be crumbly).
  • Refrigerate dough while you make the cream cheese filling and the topping.
  • For the cream cheese filling, combine cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla and mix until smooth. Transfer cream cheese filling to a zippered bag and cut off the tip to pipe.
  • To make the crumb topping, combine graham cracker crumbs and brown sugar and set aside.
  • To put the cookies together, create 2 tablespoon dough balls and place them 2” apart on the prepared cooking sheet (I used a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop).
  • With a tablespoon, create a bowl in the middle of each cookie dough ball.
  • Pipe or spoon about a teaspoon of the cheesecake mixture into the cookie.
  • Fill the cookie with three cherries or about 2 teaspoons of cherry pie filling.
  • Bake for 15-17 minutes or until the edges of the cookie start to brown and the center is set.
  • When you remove the cookies from the oven, let them cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes before moving them to a cooling rack.
  • Let cool and then drizzle with the remaining cream cheese mixture and sprinkle with the graham cracker topping.