These Cheesecake Stuffed Gingerbread Cookies are soft, chewy and stuffed with delicious cheesecake! They are made with Betty Crocker® Gingerbread Cake and Cookie Mix and homemade cheesecake.

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Cheesecake Stuffed Gingerbread Cookies

The holidays are descending upon us but we will be prepared because we have these Cheesecake Stuffed Gingerbread Cookies to fuel our holiday preparations 🙂

I have never made a "stuffed" cookie before, but I always liked the idea and I definitely think I will be making more of these in the future - any requests?

Gingerbread is one of those awesome, holiday flavors that I enjoy this time of year and I think we all need to make more gingerbread flavored foods.

Ingredients for Cheesecake Stuffed Gingerbread Cookies

I included some tutorial pictures below to help show how to make these cheesecake stuffed wonders 🙂

Gingerbread Cookie Outer Layer

• 1 recipe Betty Crocker® Gingerbread Cake and Cookie Mix: You will need 1 stick (½ cup) of unsalted butter, 1 tablespoon water, and 1 egg.
• flour for rolling out cookies (keep about a cup on hand)

I found Betty Crocker® Gingerbread Cake and Cookie Mix near the baking ingredients section at Walmart.

They have many other varieties available as well including: Pouch Mix Sugar Cookie Mix, Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix, Double Chocolate Chunk Cookie Mix, Molasses Cookie Mix, Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix, Oatmeal Cookie Mix, Peanut Butter Cookie Mix, Pumpkin Spice Cookie Mix, Rainbow Chocolate Candy Cookie Mix, Snickerdoodle Cookie Mix, Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix and White Chip Macadamia Nut.

Cheesecake Center

• 1-¼ packages (10 ounces) plain cream cheese, room temperature
• ¼ cup sour cream
• ⅛ cup cornstarch
• ⅓ confectioner’s sugar, sifted
• 1 large egg
• ½ teaspoon organic vanilla extract

Kitchen Tools Needed for Cheesecake Stuffed Gingerbread Cookies

• large mixing bowl
• electric hand mixer
• baking spatula
• 2 cookie sheets
• parchment paper
• rolling pin

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Recipe Attribution

This recipe is inspired by Mixed Berry Cheesecake and Gingerbread Spice Cake.

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I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!

What’s your favorite holiday cookie? Let me know in the comments below! Have a sweet day!

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Cheesecake Stuffed Gingerbread Cookies

Yield: 18 cookies

Prep Time: 27 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 37 minutes

These Cheesecake Stuffed Gingerbread Cookies are soft, chewy, and stuffed with delicious cheesecake! They are made with Betty Crocker® Gingerbread Cake and Cookie Mix and homemade cheesecake.

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Ingredients

• Gingerbread Cookie Outer Layer:
• 1 recipe Betty Crocker® Gingerbread Cake and Cookie Mix: You will need 1 stick, (½ cup) of unsalted butter, 1 tablespoon water, and 1 egg.
• flour for rolling out cookies, (keep about a cup on hand)
• Cheesecake Center:
• 1-¼ packages, (10 ounces) plain cream cheese, room temperature
• ¼ cup sour cream
• ⅛ cup cornstarch
• ⅓ confectioner’s sugar, sifted
• 1 large egg
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (350 degrees if using a dark or nonstick cookie sheet). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
2. Prepare the Betty Crocker® Gingerbread Cake and Cookie Mix according to directions for gingerbread cookies. Keep flour on hand for rolling out on a lightly floured surface.
3. Using an electric hand mixer, mix the cream cheese and sour cream until it's smooth, mix in the cornstarch, confectioner's sugar, 1 large egg, and vanilla extract until combined.
4. Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop out the gingerbread cookie dough onto a lightly floured
5. surface 1 scoop at a time. Using a rolling pin, roll out to ¼" thick.
6. Scoop 1 tablespoon of cheesecake mixture onto the center of each rolled-out gingerbread dough. Pinch the edges together and turn over onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. There may be some cheesecake filling leftover. Makes 18 cookies. Enjoy!

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 18 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 153Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 39mgSodium: 98mgCarbohydrates: 18gFiber: 0gSugar: 9gProtein: 3g

Please note that the Calculated Nutrition is an estimate at best.

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Sara is an architectural designer turned work-at-home Mom. She lives in New Jersey by way of New England and New York, with her husband and 3 kids under 8. She loves design, being creative, and spending time with family and friends. She loves checking out local businesses and eats and being apart of the local farm to table community.

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