{"id":45325,"date":"2025-07-14T07:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T11:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=45325"},"modified":"2025-07-14T07:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T11:12:13","slug":"chocolate-chip-cheesecake-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/07\/14\/chocolate-chip-cheesecake-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45327\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/07\/14\/chocolate-chip-cheesecake-cookies\/chocchipcheesecake\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ChocChipCheesecake.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ChocChipCheesecake\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ChocChipCheesecake.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45327\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ChocChipCheesecake.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ChocChipCheesecake.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ChocChipCheesecake.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ChocChipCheesecake.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These chocolate chip cheesecake cookies aren&#8217;t going to win any awards for looks, but they are so good! Soft cookies with a dollop of sweetened cream cheese in the center. Perfect to bring to your next cook out! <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>1 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 cup chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>8 oz. cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 large egg yolk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1. Preheat oven to 350\u00b0, line a baking sheet with parchment paper.<br \/>\n2. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract.<br \/>\n3. In a small bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to butter mixture, until well combined. Stir in chocolate chips.<br \/>\n4. In a separate bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, and egg yolk until smooth.<br \/>\n5. Scoop cookie dough onto baking sheet. Using your thumb, make an indentation in the center of each cookie.<br \/>\n6. Fill each indentation with a spoonful of the cream cheese mixture.<br \/>\n7. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until cookies are golden brown and the cream cheese mixture is set.<br \/>\n8. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Makes 3 1\/2 dozen cookies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These chocolate chip cheesecake cookies aren&#8217;t going to win any awards for looks, but they are so good! Soft cookies with a dollop of sweetened cream cheese in the center. Perfect to bring to your next cook out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1238],"tags":[4126,1071,2172],"class_list":["post-45325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-chocolate-chips","tag-cookies","tag-cream-cheese"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-bN3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46632,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/12\/08\/white-chocolate-cranberry-cookies\/","url_meta":{"origin":45325,"position":0},"title":"White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"December 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"It's that time of year when I start stockpiling cookie dough in my freezer to bake in the upcoming weeks. 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