Oreo Cheesecake Cookies – Sugar Spun Run

My Oreo cheesecake cookies characteristic a creamy cheesecake filling inside chewy Oreo-flecked cookies. Whereas there are a number of steps, this recipe is very easy! Recipe features a how-to video!

Three Oreo cheesecake cookies cut in half and stacked on top of each other.

Cheesecake Stuffed Oreo Cookies

I’ve been on a connoisseur cookie kick these days, and these Oreo cheesecake cookies are the newest addition to the checklist. They characteristic a mushy, Oreo-crammed dough with a creamy cheesecake filling, and they’re magical.

Why you’ll love them:

  • Enjoyable, connoisseur cookies which might be surprisingly straightforward to make.
  • Packed filled with pops of Oreo cookies (I additionally embody suggestions for avoiding grey cookies!).
  • Very easy dough that chills for simply half-hour.
  • All of the flavors of Oreo cheesecake, with out having to attend for it to arrange!

When you’ve by no means stuffed a cookie earlier than, undoubtedly take a look at the how-to video I’ve included within the recipe card under earlier than beginning. The method could be very straightforward, however typically it helps to have a visible first.

What You Want

There are 13 elements on this recipe, however most are pantry staples that you just’ll have already got readily available. Let’s go over the necessary ones first.

  • Oreo cookies. Break your Oreos into small items earlier than including them. You could possibly use a mallet or rolling pin to do that, however I like to simply use my palms. When you determine to do this recipe with my selfmade Oreo cookies, please let me know the way it goes!
  • Corn starch. This helps the Oreo cheesecake cookies hold their form and prevents them from spreading an excessive amount of. It additionally makes them mushy and tender!
  • Cream cheese. As with my cheesecake recipe, I solely suggest full fats, block fashion cream cheese right here. It needs to be softened earlier than beginning.
  • Bitter cream. This provides tang and depth of taste to our cheesecake filling. You could possibly substitute full fats Greek yogurt.
  • Chocolate chips. I favor mini chocolate chips right here, which add a pleasant accent to the cookies with out overwhelming the dough. The place I reside, mini chocolate chips are at all times semisweet, in order that’s what I like to recommend you employ too!

SAM’S TIP: If you wish to keep away from grey cookies, break the Oreos over a separate bowl to catch the crumbs or sift the Oreo items with a wonderful mesh strainer earlier than including them to the dough. This gained’t change the flavour of your cookies, however it can make them look additional fairly. I do that with my cookies and cream rice krispie treats and Oreo pie too!

Bear in mind, that is simply an summary of the elements I used and why. For the complete recipe please scroll right down to the underside of the submit!

Methods to Make Oreo Cheesecake Cookies

Cheesecake Filling

  1. Stir collectively the softened cream cheese and sugar, then add the bitter cream and vanilla. Stir till clean.
  2. Scoop 1 tablespoon sized dollops onto a wax paper lined baking sheet, then place within the freezer to sit back.
Collage of four photos showing a cookie dough being prepared and combined with crushed Oreo cookies.
  1. Cream the butter and sugar in a big bowl till gentle and fluffy.
  2. Stir within the eggs and vanilla, then put aside.
  3. Mix the dry elements in a separate bowl, then steadily stir them into the moist elements.
  4. Add the damaged Oreos and chocolate chips and stir till included. Cowl the bowl with plastic wrap and place it within the fridge to chill for half-hour.

SAM’S TIP: I like so as to add the dry elements in 3-4 elements. When you add them unexpectedly, you’ll have a troublesome time mixing all the things collectively.

Meeting

Four photos showing Oreo cookie dough being stuffed with frozen cheesecake filling and baked.
  1. Scoop ¼ cup of cookie dough and kind it right into a ball. Subsequent, use your thumb to kind a deep indent within the heart.
  2. Place a frozen cheesecake dollop into the indentation, then kind the cookie dough round it till no cheesecake exhibits.
  3. Roll right into a clean ball, then place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough and cheesecake dollops, spacing at the least 2″ aside on the baking sheet.
  4. Bake at 375F for 12 minutes or till the sides begin to flip gentle golden brown. Let the cookies cool fully earlier than having fun with.

SAM’S TIP: I sometimes depart my cheesecake dollops within the freezer and simply seize separately for meeting. They do are inclined to soften fairly shortly, so I like to recommend you do that too!

Continuously Requested Questions

Do Oreo cheesecake cookies should be refrigerated?

In case you are having fun with these cookies inside 1 day of baking, you’ll be able to depart them at room temperature; nevertheless, if you wish to make them upfront or don’t plan on ending them in 24 hours, place them within the fridge in an hermetic container. They’ll final for as much as 5 days when refrigerated.

Very similar to my strawberry cheesecake cookies, I feel these cookies style finest at room temperature although, so I like to recommend letting the cookies sit out of the fridge for a bit earlier than having fun with.

Why do the cookies appear underdone?

These Oreo cheesecake cookies are very fragile when heat, and their facilities might not seem completely performed till they’ve had time to chill fully. Because of this I like to recommend ready till they’ve cooled down earlier than having fun with them. This can even prevent from burning your mouth on molten scorching cheesecake filling!

Why do my cookies look grey?

This may occur if too many Oreo cookie crumbs (the wonderful bits, not the bigger items) fall into your batter. That is NOT an issue in any respect–your cookies will nonetheless style wonderful! Nevertheless, when you favor your cookies to have extra distinction between the cookies dough and the Oreos, observe my suggestions within the submit above and within the recipe notes under.

Love connoisseur cookies? Strive my buckeye cookies or Nutella stuffed cookies subsequent!

Get pleasure from!

Let’s bake collectively! I’ll be strolling you thru all of the steps in my written recipe and video under! When you do this recipe, make sure you tag me on Instagram, and it’s also possible to discover me on YouTube and Facebook

Oreo Cheesecake Cookies

My Oreo cheesecake cookies characteristic a creamy cheesecake filling inside chewy Oreo flecked cookies. Whereas there are a number of steps, this recipe is very easy! Recipe features a how-to video!