Description
Delicious cookies combining sweet and savory flavors with a cream cheese center and topped with sea salt.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup salted caramel sauce
- Sea salt for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Beat together the softened cream cheese and butter until smooth.
- Gradually add in the granulated sugar and brown sugar, mixing until well combined.
- Add the egg and vanilla extract, mixing until incorporated.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in another bowl.
- Gradually add this dry mixture to the wet mixture, stirring until just combined.
- Fold in the salted caramel sauce until evenly distributed throughout the dough.
- Drop dough onto a lined baking sheet, spacing them about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden.
- Sprinkle sea salt on top of the cookies immediately after removing from the oven.
- Cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week. Freezing dough in balls is also an option.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 120mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg