Savannah Cheesecake Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven 350F Mix crust: flour, brownd sugar, pecans and butter mix well. Press dough into an ungreased 13x9 inch pan. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 2. For filling: beat cream cheese and sugar together in a bowl with a hand mixer until smooth, add in vanilla and eggs blind well. Pour into crust, bake for 20 minutes. Cool completely.
• 3. Cut into squares and garnish with berries and mint. Paula Dean Recipe

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Line an 8 by 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper. Let parchment come up over the sides of the pan to use as "handles" when unmolding after baking. In a mixer bowl, combine flour, butter, and brown sugar. Blend at low speed until incorporated and mixture is like sand, about 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in nuts. Reserve 1 cup of mixture for topping. With your fingers, press remaining mixture into pan. Bake on the middle rack of the oven until crust is set and golden brown, about 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool on a rack while assembling the filling.
• In a clean mixer bowl, combine cream cheese and sugar. Blend until smooth, then add the remaining filling ingredients, beating until smooth. Spread evenly over baked crust. Sprinkle the reserve crust mixture over filling. Bake until top is golden brown and filling is set, about 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool completely on a rack, then use parchment "handles" to remove from pan in 1 piece. Cut into bars, squares or festive shapes with cookie cutter of your choice. Sprinkle with red and/or green sanding sugar, if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Combine flour, sugar, cream cheese, butter, eggs, baking powder, vanilla, and salt in a bowl until a dough forms.
• Drop rounded tablespoons of dough 2 inches apart onto cookie sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bottoms are very lightly golden brown and tops are just about to turn color, 10 to 14 minutes. Let cool for at least 10 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine flour, brown sugar, pecans, and butter in bowl.
• Press dough into an ungreased (I grease pan as bars tend to stick if you do not) 13 by 9 by 2-inch pan.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
• For filling, beat cream cheese and granulated sugar together in a bowl until smooth, using a handheld electric mixer; add eggs and extract; beat well. Pour over crust.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• Cool completely.
• Cut into squares before serving.
• Decorate tops with berries and mint leaves.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Cream together butter and cream cheese. When smooth, add in vanilla & sugar followed by flour, then pecans.
• Roll into 1" balls, place on ungreased cookie sheet 2" apart, & press gently with the bottom of a wet glass to flatten cookie balls slightly. Bake for 11-14 minutes. Let cool on sheets enough so they won't break when you remove them with a spatula.