CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE CUPS WITH CHEESECAKE FILLING

Who’s a fan of the cookie cup?  I DEFINITELY am.  They’re versatile, cute and can be filled with all kinds of deliciousness.  Not to mention easy to make! They look hard to pull together, but really it’s not any harder than baking cookies.  These Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups with Cheesecake Filling are simply amazing and worth trying if you haven’t made them before.

And don’t even getting started on the cheesecake filling.  Cheesecake is one of my all-time favorite desserts, after the all-american classic chocolate chip cookie, so mixing the two….wow, just wow! I could eat just a bowl of cheesecake filling and be happy…well, I may have actually done that, but don’t tell anyone 🙂

Making the actually cookie cup is part of the fun.  You put the cookie dough in a mini cupcake pan. Bake. Then, you use your fingers or a spoon to depress the middle once they come out of the oven and have cooled for a little bit.

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup 2 sticks butter, softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups 12-oz. pkg. semi-sweet chocolate chips

For Filling:

• 8 ounces cream cheese softened
• 4 tablespoons butter softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray mini cupcake pan with non-stick spray.
2. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy.
3. ..........................................

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