Gingerbread Cheesecake Cookies
Soft and chewy spiced gingerbread cookies topped with a cream cheese frosting and mini gingerbread men
Ingredients
Gingerbread Sugar Cookies
- 90 g unsalted butter room temperature (6 ⅓ tbsp.)
- 105 g Florida Crystals® Regenerative Organic Certified® Light Brown Sugar (½ c.)
- 50 g Florida Crystals® Regenerative Organic Certified® Raw Cane Sugar (¼ c.)
- 1 egg room temperature
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 160 g all purpose flour (1 ⅓ c.)
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- ¾ tsp. ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp. ground ginger
- ¼ tsp. ground cloves
- ½ tsp. salt
Cheesecake Frosting
- 100 g cream cheese room temperature (½ c.)
- 42 g unsalted butter room temperature (3 tbsp.)
- ⅛ tsp. salt
- 160 g Florida Crystals® Regenerative Organic Certified® Powdered Sugar (1 ⅓ c.)
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp. heavy cream
Instructions
Gingerbread Sugar Cookies
- With a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter, Florida Crystals® Regenerative Organic Certified® Light Brown Sugar and Florida Crystals® Regenerative Organic Certified® Raw Cane Sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy (2-3 min.)
- Beat in the egg and vanilla until well combined.
- Add in the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt. Use a rubber spatula to fold the ingredients together just until no flour streaks remain.
- Cover the dough and leave it in the fridge to chill for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F / 175°C. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or with a silicone baking mat.
- Use a 3 tbsp. cookie scoop to dish out the cookies on the prepared cookie sheet, placing them at least 2” apart to allow room for spreading. Bake for 10-12 minutes, until the sides of the cookies start to turn golden brown.
- Immediately after taking the cookies out of the oven, you can take a bowl that is slightly larger than the cookies and swirl it around over the cookies to make them a little more uniform and circular.
Cheesecake Frosting
- In a small bowl, beat together the cream cheese, butter, and salt until the mixture is smooth.
- Add in the Florida Crystals® Regenerative Organic Certified® Powdered Sugar and beat until combined, followed by the vanilla and heavy cream.
- Once the cookies are room temperature, generously frost them with the cream cheese frosting. Top with mini gingerbread men, then serve and enjoy!
Notes
Store extra frosted cookies in an airtight container in the fridge.