Recipe Pudding Cheesecake Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 Super Moist Strawberry Cake Mix
- (Don’t prepare the cake mix as directed-follow these instructions instead)
- 2 Eggs
- 1/2 Cup vegetable oil. (not butter)
- 1 3.4-oz. box Strawberry or Vanilla Jello instant pudding (your choice)
- Cheesecake Filling
- 1/2 of one 8oz. package of PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
- 2 Tablespoons butter or margarine, softened or melted slightly
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- dash of salt
- 2 Cups powdered sugar, sifted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In a mixing bowl, combine cake mix, instant pudding mix, eggs, and vegetable oil. Mix and then knead with your hands. It will form a dough. Cover and place in the refrigerator until ready to use.
- Cheesecake
- Combine cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Mix with a mixer, until thick and creamy. Spoon out 1 teaspoon and roll into a ball, place on a cookie sheet. Put into the freezer for 2 hours to set.
- When cheesecake filling is ready, prepare your cookies.
- Scoop out 1-2 tablespoons of cookie dough. Roll into balls then flatten into a circle. Fill with the cream cheese filling balls, then roll it up into a ball.
- Place on a lined baking sheet and bake for about 8-12 minutes. Depending on the size of your balls.The tops won’t brown, but the bottom will. Right when you take them out of the oven, press them down to form a round cookie shape.