Ingredients
Equipment
Method
Step‑by‑Step Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine the cream cheese, granulated sugar, and ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract and blend until smooth.
- Melt 110 g of butter and let it cool to room temperature.
- Blot 120 g of pumpkin purée to remove excess moisture.
- Mix cooled butter with 100 g granulated sugar and 100 g dark brown sugar until fluffy.
- Add pumpkin purée, one egg, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to the sugar mixture and mix well.
- In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, ground nutmeg, ground ginger, and salt.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture until just combined.
- Chill the dough for 1 hour.
- Mix 50 g of granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon for coating.
- Preheat the oven to 175ºC (350ºF) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Scoop and shape the dough into balls, rolling them in the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
- Flatten each cookie and make an indent in the center.
- Fill the indents with cheesecake mixture.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes until lightly golden at the edges.
- Cool on the baking tray for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
Nutrition
Notes
Cool melted butter before mixing to prevent spreading. Blot pumpkin purée to avoid sogginess. Chill dough for an hour for best results.
