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Stack of churro cheesecake cookies with cinnamon-sugar coating and creamy filling, one with a bite showing soft, moist inside.

Churro Cheesecake Cookies

These Churro Cheesecake Cookies combine everything you love about churros and cheesecake in one heavenly treat. With a warm cinnamon-sugar coating, tender cookie base, and creamy cheesecake filling, they’re perfect for gifting, parties.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Best churro cheesecake cookies, Churro Cheesecake Cookies, Churro cheesecake cookies no bake, Churro cheesecake cookies recipe, Churro cheesecake cookies Tasty, Philadelphia churro cheesecake cookies
Prep Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Cooling Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 42 minutes
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 210kcal
Cost: $9

Equipment

  • Mixing bowls (For preparing dough and filling)
  • Electric mixer (Hand or stand mixer for beating ingredients)
  • Parchment paper (To line baking sheets)
  • Baking sheets (To bake multiple batches)
  • Cookie scoop (tablespoon-sized) (For consistent cookie size)
  • Wire cooling rack (To cool cookies evenly)

Ingredients

For the Cookie Dough:

  • 2 ¾ cups All-purpose flour - Spoon & leveled
  • 1 teaspoon Baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • 1 ½ teaspoon Ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup Unsalted butter - Room temperature
  • ¾ cup Granulated sugar
  • ½ cup Light brown sugar - Packed
  • 2 Eggs - Room temperature
  • 2 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract

For the Cheesecake Filling:

  • 8 oz Cream cheese - Full-fat, softened
  • cup Powdered sugar - Sifted
  • ½ teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
  • 1 pinch Salt

For the Churro Coating:

  • ½ cup Granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon - Adjust to taste

Instructions

  • Beat cream cheese, add sugar, vanilla, salt, and chill filling
  • Cream butter & sugars, add eggs & vanilla, mix in dry ingredients
  • Flatten dough, add filling, seal and roll into balls
  • Roll cookie balls in cinnamon sugar
  • Bake cookies and cool slightly
  • Roll warm cookies in sugar again (optional)

Notes

Nutrition information is automatically calculated and should be considered an approximation. Actual values may vary based on specific ingredients used and portion sizes.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 210kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2.5g | Cholesterol: 35mg | Sodium: 90mg | Potassium: 45mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 380IU | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 0.8mg