Apple Cheesecake Shortbread Cookies
Apple Cheesecake you can eat with your hands! These Apple Cheesecake Shortbread Cookies taste just like cheesecake but are as easy as slice and bake!
Servings: 18 cookies
Ingredients
- 2 C all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 C unsalted butter softened
- 3 oz cream cheese softened
- 2/3 C granulated sugar
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 C dried apples chopped
- 1/2 C walnuts finely chopped
Instructions
- Whisk flour, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg in a medium bowl and set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer, add butter, cream cheese, sugar and vanilla and cream on medium speed with the paddle attachment until pale and fluffy, or about 2 minutes.
- With mixer on low speed, add dry ingredients until just combined. Add in dried apples and mix only until combined.
- On a sheet of parchment paper, shape the dough into a log about 2 inches in diameter. Wrap up in parchment paper and freeze until firm, or at least one hour.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Remove dough from freezer and roll in chopped walnuts. Slice into 1/4 inch slices (roll the outside in walnuts again after slicing if necessary) and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake until golden brown around edges, or about 16-18 minutes. Cool for 2-3 minutes on trays before removing from trays and putting on a wire rack to cool completely.