cheesecake cookies
cheesecake cookies
Just the thought of a picnic has me wishing that my favorites will be there when we lay out the blanket. One favorite I’d like to see on a picnic is cheesecake. I really love cheesecake! To make it a bit easier to pack I had an idea to make cheese COOKIES, and I love when ideas like this turn out GREAT, like these did. Earth day is April 22. These will be perfect for Picnic for the Planet.
Celebrate Earth Day and Picnic for the Planet, pack of your favorite items, grab your friends and family and head on out on an adventure to enjoy all the Earth has to offer.
These cookies are cake-like cookies, soft and bake up a bit fluffy. The cheesecake icing and graham cracker crumbs are just the perfect addition to these.
cheesecake cookies
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese room temperature
- 1/2 cup butter room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 6 drops cheesecake flavor Loranns
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Icing:
- 1/2 cup butter room temperature
- 2 oz cream cheese room temperature
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 2 drops cheese cake flavor
- 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
Instructions
- Beat cream cheese and butter, then add sugar and mix until smooth.
- Add eggs one at a time until incorporated.
- Mix in vanilla and cheesecake flavor.
- Add the flour, baking powder and salt to the butter mixture and combine until blended well.
- Roll out on floured surface and cut with cookie cutter into desired shape, I rolled these out to 1/4 inch
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
- Icing:
- Beat butter and cream cheese, add in sugar, milk and flavor.
- Pipe on completely cooled cookies and then press the frosted side into a dish of graham cracker crumbs so they stick to the icing. Refrigerate so the icing stays firm.
Are you ready to go for a picnic?
Picnic for the Planet is a celebration of the planet we live on, the food it provides and the people we share it with. In short, the planet does a lot for us — we should take it out for lunch!
I like to take cupcakes on a picnic.
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My favorite thing to bring to a picnic is my kids and potato salad;)
Favorite thing to bring on a picnic? My daughters of course! And a great sandwich with lots of veggies and an extravagant cheese.
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I usually bring a nice pasta salad! Can’t beat that in the warm, summer months!
Well typically I want a lot of great fruit and cheese for a picnic but now I want to make these!!!!! yum! We have an all school picnic and I’ll be bringing these….
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My girls love to take “mini” sandwiches. Something about bite sized food makes it more fun.
love the idea of cheesecake cookies and these are just too cute!
These cookies look wonderful. I found cheesecake flavoring on Amazon.com, but am not quite sure which type to buy. There seems to be a 1 dram size of flavoring and larger sizes of oil for candies. Can you please clarify it for me? I am ready to get them baking!
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My fave item to bring on a picnic is spinach dip and a baguette! Your cream cheese cookies look to die for by the way!! Might be my new fave picnic item!!
Did you say “cheesecake”?! Yum…these cookies look so sweet and delicious. Our girls live for picnics…they would be my chosen picnic guests. 🙂
I love to bring sandwiches and a batch of Paula Deen’s lemon bars! mmmmm
I love tomato soup in a thermos or grapes at picnics.
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